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Historical 

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Pictorial Lititz 



With Numerous Illustrations 



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PUBLISHERS 

EXPRESS PRINTING COMPANY 

LlTlTZ. PA. 






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To those who have gone forth 
from Litilz and who cherish the 
home of their youth, and to all 
those who believe in our beautiful 
town, its interesting past, its busy 
present and promising 'uture, this 
volume is most respectfully 
dedicated . 



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PREFACE 



THE impression that there ought to be something in compact form con- 
cerning the past and present of our little town, so beautifully situated 
in the heart of the richest agricultural county of the nation, to con- 
vey to the outside world its beginning, its growth its hopeful future, 
existed in the mind of the writer for some years. Impression gradually devel- 
oped into conviction, whereof Historical and Pictorial Lititz is the result. 

It has been our constant endeavor to produce a truthful narrative of events 
of importance and general interest ; to be accurate ; to exclude everything of 
doubtful authenticity ; and to portray in illustration, as well as by word, historic 
as well as modern Lititz, its factories, its busmess places, its residences. 

It is to be regretted that a work of this kind did not originate from public 
instead of private enterprise, as the limitations of time and means were neces- 
sarily determining factors to a large extent. Nevertheless, recognizing its short- 
comings and imperfections, conscious that we have tried our best — who can do 
more — we hope the book will be accorded a hearty welcome. 

We acknowledge indebtedness for valuable assistance to A. R. Beck, 
archivist of the Moravian Church, Israel G. Erb, Esq., Haydn H. Tshudy, 
Major J. R, Bricker, L. H. Shelly, A. H. Bomberger, the business men of 
the town and elsewhere whose advertising patronage has made the work a safe 
undertaking and to all others whose contributions, suggestions and information 
are embodied in the book. Different histories of Lancaster County have 
been consulted and freely used, to which we are indebted. Great credit must 
be given, particularly, to "The Moravian Graveyards," by A. R. Beck, pub- 
lished by the Moravian Historical Society, which gives in extensive detail a 
sketch of the life of those buried in the Moravian graveyards of Lititz. 

That "Historical and Pictorial Lititz" will meet your kindly criticism and 
approval is the sincere wish of 

JOHN G. ZOOK 

neceinber 21, 1905. 



Contents 



Lltltz, a Poem 

Early History of Lititz 

The Lititz Moravian Church 

Trinity U. E. Church 

St. Paul Lutheran Church 

Lutheran Church 

United Brethren Church 

German Baptist Church . 

Linden Hall Seminary 

The Y. M. C A. 

Lititz Springs 

The W. C. T. U. 

Beneficial Orders 

Prof. John Beck 

Lititz Directory 

Warwick Directory . , 

The Village of Warwick 

Lititz as a Musical Center 

The S)Tnphony Club 

A Chronological History of Lititz 

Fire Companies of the Past and Present 

Lititz Schools 

Industrial History of Lititz 



Li^ of Illustrations 



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For key to groups read 

Lititz Springs, the pool, 

Frontispiece 

Group, residences of M. Kauffman; 
N. G. Yerger; W. C. Enck; H Shelly; 
T. W. Barnes; R. R. view looking 
east 12 

Group, St. Paul Lutheran Church I 
Moravian Church; Linden Hall. . . .16 

Group, Trinity U. E. Church; U. B. 
Church; German Baptist Meeting 
House 22 



from top, left to right. 

Group, Kauffman Knitting Mills; 
Lutz's store; Eby'smill; Shell} 's store 
Sturgis Bretzel Bakery; Witmver's 

Store ' ' ..24 

Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel. . .28 
Lititz vSprings, Broad St. entrance 32 
Group, Buckwalter's and Carpen- 
ter's stores; residences, A. R. Bom- 
herger; A. G, Guiles; J. IVL Baker; 
viesv of Broad Street north from foun- 
tain; residence of A. B. Reideuhnch 36 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) 



Residence of A. R. Beck 38 

First House in Warwick 42 

John Beck 44 

Group, residence of S. Stark and 
Leanian's and Dreifus' stores, Mill- 
er's store; Fry's Store; Parkview 
Hotel; Huber's store; Springs Hotel 48 
Lititz Springs, Maple St. entrance 

50 

P. & R. Depot 52 

Group, E. Main Street, east of 
Wolle's store; Bowman's and Zook's 
stores; E. Main west from Cedar; 
Wolle's Store and residence and resi- 
dence of J. Hertzler; R. R. east from 
Cedar; Meiskej's Cigar Factory... 54 

Lititz National Bank ' 58 

Group, N. Broad, south fron R. R; 
Bricker's "Cement House": residence 
of N. Brubaker, A. Lane and A. Bru- 
baker's, H. R. Erb; Peter Reist Build- 
ing; residences of J. M. Dillman, C. 
Steinmetz and Bucher's Row ... .62 

Moravian Graveyard 66 

Main Building, Ideal Cocoa and 

Chocolate Co 72 

Group, residences of A. B. Long, 
G. Schoenberger, Dr. E. E. Evans, 
W. H. Muth, M. S. Hess, and L. S. 

Reedy 78 

Old House at Warwick 84 

Main Building, Wellington Starch 

Compauj' . .88 

Group, residences of H. H. Suavely, 
J. R. Bricker, C. Z. Meiskey, J. 
Grossman and M. Marks; A. R. Bear; 

New Street Warwick 92 

Standpipe and Power House ... .96 

Farmers National Bank 102 

Group, Springs and views along 
the Millport road, Huber's Woods 

and Keller's Mountain 104 

Residence of G. W. Hepp 108 

Consumers Box Board and Paper 

Mill 112 

Group, Residences of H. S. Meiskey 
and D. E. Light; J. M. Mast; Rudy's 
Hall; James Sesseman; Grube's store 



and theStauffer mansion; IL Nies 116 
Warwick House and Lawn ....120 

Bit of Road 124 

Group, residence of Dr. P. J. Roe- 
buck; Audubon Villa, now Lititz 
Springs Sanitarium; D. Graybill; 
Flemings Restaurant; Ed. Sturgis' 
Restaurant, now the Hotel Sturgis; 
W. H. Enck's store and residence 128 
Main Building, Keystone Under- 
wear Co 130 

Front Street, east from Cedar.. i34 

A Vanishing Landmark 138 

Rome Distillery 142 

Its Days Numbered 146 

Group, T. H. Erb's Lime Kiln; N. 
G. Yerger & Co's. Cement Building 
Block Factory, Hershey's Mill; Hess' 
Lumber Yard; Bear ans Long's Lum- 
ber Yard; S. Miller and J. Buck . .148 
Moravian Sunday School Chapel 150 
Lititz Springs, Sandstone Bridgel54 

Old Miksch Tinsmith Shop, 158 

Wabank House 159 

Plan of Lititz 160 

Plan of Warwick 160 

Hotel Sturgis 162 

Group, John Beck Homestead, now 
res. of W. H. Euck; W. H. Buch; 
Martin & Muth Lumber Yard; Foun- 
tain; J. W. Baker and C. Haverstick; 

Mrs. S. B. Erb 164 

Front Street east from Water. . . 168 

A corner of the Springs . 172 

Confluence of Lititz and Conestoga 

Creeks 180 

Group, Buch's and Bomberger's 
stores; New Zion Home; Kautz's 
store; S. Grube and J.Evans; Brobst's, 

Hepp's, and Kreider's stores 186 

First House in Lititz 192 

Linden Hall Seminary in 1855. .192 

General John A. Sutter 202 

Lititz Springs in 1845 208 

The First "Gemeinhaus" 208 

High School Building 210 

Decorated Arch, Firemen's Parade 

July 4, 1905 214 

The Mast Animal Trap Factory 218 



Index to Advertisements 



Albaugh Bros., Dover & Co 165 

Althouse, E. P 151 

Amer, Wm. M 79 

Bankers' Life Insurance Co 107 

Bare, Walter S 97 

Bear & Long 61 

Beck, Paul E , 167 



Bender, D. Milton 89 

Bollinger, W. H 97 

Bomberger, A. R. & Co 97 

Bowman, D. L l^-' 

Bowman, J. B 139 

Brinser, S. E 145 

Buch, H. B 149 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS (Continued) 



Huch, \V. H 113 

Buckwalter, I. S 65 

Carper, John K 65 

Coiieslojra Paper Co 109 

C<)iiestoj>:a Traction Co 157 

Crown I':ajj:le Ciijar Company 167 

Dellinjrer, M. I, '. 160 

Derr, C. N..' 117 

Ditzler & Leanian 97 

Doster, I. H 91 

Dreifus, Joseph 85 

Dunlap, A. L 121 

H\>y, Ivlnier E 133 

I«;i)v Shoe Co 117 

I<;i('lri<l.u:e, M. M. & Son 91 

Ivnck. WilHani C 115 

I'jick, William H 131 

I":rh, Thomas H 123 

Hrisman, (;. F. K 87 

Ivshleman, William G 117 

I'^xpress Printinj^ Co 125 

Farmer's National Rank 107 

iMchtliorn, W. I) 161 

l"leniin}4 Bros 139 

Frev, N. W. Cij-^ar Co 83 

I'Vv, H. V ' 133 

(;ii)bcl, John R 97 

Oodu-naur, Albert 85 

C.rosh, C. William 109 

(irosh, L. K 65 

C.rossman, Jacob 133 

( irube, Wilson M 85 

1 labecker, Aaron 165 

Ilepp, (;eo. L 119 

Hernley, The Printer 63 

I lershev, Aaron G 135 

I lershe'v & Gibbel 67 

Hess, M. S.- 109 

llaltzhouse, H 67 

Hotel Realty 103 

Hotel Sturjjf'is 77 

Hortinjr, John C 141 

Huber, sanmel M 147 

Ideal Cocoa & Chocolate Co 93 

Inland Chemical Co 85 

Kautz, E. E 61 

Keller, R. H 97 

Kej'stone Underwear Co 127 

Kissinji^er, W. M 87 

Rreider, Charles II 133 

Krick, C. Harvey 131 

Lancaster Fire Proofinjj^ & Paint 

Company 165 

Fandis, I). R 133 

Fane, Dr. C. E 121 

Fan.t,', Fee 131 

Feaman, R. R 151 

Feinbach iS: Rro 103 



Finden Hall Seminary 69 

Fititz Roloj^na Co 137 

Fititz Rretzel Co 59 

Fititz Express 161 

Fititz Fithojrraphinjr Co 95 

Fititz National Rank 129 

Fititz Shoe Company 73 

Fititz vSprin^s 143 

Fititz Steam Faundry 79 

Fongenecker, John F 109 

Futz, R. F 139 

Martin & Muth 79 

Masser, F. A 73 

Mathers, W. H 89 

Mellinger, J. C 150 

Messner Type Writer Co' 161 

Miksch, H. N 147 

Miller, H. C. & Rro 137 

Millersville Sfate Normal vSchool. .73 

Nazareth Hall 121 

Neidermyer Bros 137 

Nissley, D. M 165 

Northern Trust and Savings Co.. 135 

Ohme, W. Rirney 73 

Oliver Typewriter Co 131 

Pfautz, A. C 139 

Philadelphia Printers' vSupply Co. Ill 
Prizer Painter Stove & Heater Co. "99 

Regennas, C. E 149 

Reidenbach, A. B '. 135 

Reidenbach, H. K 153 

Reist, Ezra 105 

Rhode, J. C 149 

Ritchie, E. C 61 

Royer, H. H 103 

Rudy, Fevi H 87 

Schaeberle, J. F 160 

vSessaman, James 117 

Sessaman, William 137 

Shellev, F. H 133 

vSouders, M. M 149 

vStandard Engraving Co 71 

Stark, Samuel 131 

Steiner, Dr. M, J 147 

Sturgis Rretzel Co 87 

Tomlinson, D. Dodge 81 

Trout. IF F 89 

Trustees, Moravian Church 75 

United Animal Trap Co 163 

Warwick Hou.se 101 

W itzel, Wm. M 119 

W ellington Starch Co 155 

Wi tmver, D. G 89 

Wolle^ R. N 147 

Word and Works Pnb Co 119 

Yerger, N. G. & Co 151 

Zecher, J. Albert 160 

Zook, John G 149 

Zook, W. M- 121 



ICttite 

A RETROSPECT AND A PROPHECY 

By L. A. WEITZEL 

A full century has departed and a half has nearly flown 

Since the old Moravian fathers called this settlement their own ; 

Well they builded (did they know it?) when they planned the little town, 
For their work was crowned with hlessinjf and a well-deserved renown. 

Strong and massive were the dwellings which they raised— their monument- 
Still they're standing, time defying, show no blemish, break nor rent ; 
For they builded for their children, and the latest heir today 
Points with pride to work outlasting Time's worst engines of decav . 

Where those structures jirogress banished from the presence of their peers 
'Twas a costly undertaking and the passage of the years 

Yet shall prove if size and beauty plain old vigor can replace. 

In the human habitation as the building of a race. 

In providing for the body they not onl^- did their part. 
Rut they builded for the spirit, for the intellect and heart, 

And the hand of Time still lingers with a gentle touch and kind, 
Where the spruce and linden shelter what the fathers once designed. 

From this spot went forth by thousands, north and south and east and west, 
Sons and daughters trained and fitted with the highest and the best ; 
And ye younger generations smile not if the place was small, 
For ye ken how little Nazareth once contained the I/Ord of all. 

F'rom this spot went forth evangels to the islands of the sea, 

To the Indian in the forest, to the Negro, bond and free. 
Far beyond the Arctic circle, to Mosciuito's fevered coast, 
Did they take the faith they valued to earth's outca.st, lone and lost. 

We are growing big and bigger, let us cease ere we outgrow 
What of old the fathers cherished le.st a fast age call us slow, 
F'or the simple life is better and the thought of higher things 
Than the scramble after dollars and the dearth of soul it brings. 

Yet thej' gave to contemplation but a fraction of their days, 
While in all they wrought they freely gave their Maker proper praise ; 
F,'en in temporal things they prospered and the early annals tell 
How the fame of their inxentions reached the greater world as well. 

Since the present time is ever quite the best that men have known, 
F^ach succeeding age can only laud achievements of its own. 
Simple though we count the fathers yet they were not all inclined 
To leave .solelv to their children all the fruits of hand and mind. 



We do well the paths to follow which they blazed. Their works we know. 

Our achievements are conjecture, if they make for weal or woe. 
Youth of counsel is impatient, yet 'tis well to pause and think, 
At each new, untried endeavor we should tremble on the brink. 

Were they saints, the buried fathers? Ah ! I doubt it, history's page 
vShows the weakness of the races, shows the faults of every age. 

If we shunneil their costly blunders, on their wisdom still improved 
Then our grandsons must acknowledge that we trulj' lived and moved. 

Ours an age of ceaseless progress, knowing neither rest nor peace, 
And with each new undertaking problems grow and pains increase. 
As the stately piles rise upward and their chimneys cleave the sky 
Do our inner aspirations grow as well and climb as high ? 

Let us lay a strong foundation, nor be lightly satisfied 
To raise monuments of folly which the future shall deride. 
Let the coming generations, when a city we've become, 
Hear the church bells loudly ringing far above the factories' hum. 

Let the church and schoolhouse ever with the factory keep in line, 

Lest a social retrogression cause industrial decline. 
When the blood aiid sweat of childhood fatten nione3'-king and drone 
It were well that misnamed Progress abdicated crown and throne. 

If we build on human justice, on the brotherhood of man, 

We will fit into the pattern of God's everlasting plan ; 

And our work shall be enduring, as the fathers' was of old, 
And the fame of our achievements to posteritj' be told. 





Sarlg ?4tstorg of ICttttz 

COMPILED, AND READ AT THE SESQUI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 

OF THE LITITZ CONGREGATION. SEPTEMBER 10-11. 1899. BY 

A. R. BECK. MUCH OF IT IS FROM THE PEN 

OF THE REV. H. A. BRICKENSTEIN 

N the month of December, 1 742, in the course of a farewell 
visitation of some of the various groups of German settlers in the 
eastern section of Pennsylvania, amongst whom itinerant ministers 
from the Moravian settlement at Bethlehem had for several years 
been laboring, Count Zinzendorf came to the house of Jacob 
Huber, in Warwick township, Lancaster county, where he de- 
livered an address in the evening. George Klein, (a native of 
Kirchardt, Baden, who settled in Warwick township about 1 740, and died in 
1 783), Huber's nearest neighbor, knew of the meeting, but having a prejudice 
against Zinzendorf, did not attend. It was a time of religious awakening 
amongst the Pennsylvania Germans, brought about largely through the evan- 
gelical testimony of the Brethren, and during the night Klein's mind became 
much disturbed on account of his conduct and he resolved to follow the Count 
to Lancaster on the following day. This he did, heard Zinzendorf preach in 
the courthouse, and was deeply moved. At the meeting in Huber's house — 
which tradition tells us occupied the site of the present Snyder homestead, 
north of Lititz— Zinzendorf had been requested to send the people a minister. 
This he soon did in the person of Jacob Lischy, a Swiss, who was a very gifted 
preacher. Lischy gradually became first estranged and then ( 1 749) an open 
enemy of the Brethren. Other evangelists were sent from Bethlehem to take 
up the work he had relinquished, among them Christian Henry Rauch (after- 
wards a noted missionary among the Indians and in the West Indies), David 
Bruce (formerly a Swedish Lutheran), and others. 

In the year 1 744 a log church was built on Klein's land at the instance 
of a number of Lutheran, Reformed and Mennonite attendants on the preaching 
of Rev. Lawrence Nyberg, a Swedish Lutheran minister, who was stationed 
at Lancaster and occasionally preached in this vicinity. He entered heartily 
into Zinzendorf's plans for a union of all the churches, though he had been sent 
to this country to oppose them. This church stood near the road to Lancaster, 
on the ground occupied by " the old grave yard." It was known as St. 

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James Church, having been dedicated by Nyberg on the festival of St. James, 
July 25, 1 744. Here he preached statedly once a month for two years. In 

1 746 he was suspended from his ministry, owing to his independent views and 
the character of his preaching, so that during this year he preached every 
Sunday at St. James Church and opened his pulpit to the various itinerant 
Moravian ministers on their visits to this section. Finally he united with the 
Moravians. At a Synod of the Moravians, held in the court house at Lan- 
caster, after every effort had been made to prevent them from so doing, a 
request was made by a number of " awakened " persons in Warwick township 
that they might have a pastor to reside among them. In September, 1 745, 
the Rev. Daniel Neubert and his wife, of Philadelphia, were sent to them. 
Neubert's work was entirely pastoral, consisting in visits from house to house, 
and in keeping privavte meetings on weekday evenings. 

In September, a meeting was held at George Klein's house to consider 
the question of building a school and meeting-house (as distinguished from the 
" church " — St. Jcimes). The following were present : Nicholas and Frederick 
Kiesel, Hcirtman Vertries, Michael Eib, Jacob Scherzer, Jacob Heil, John 
Bender, Sr., Christian Palmer, Jacob Scheffler, Geo. Klein, besides the Rev. 
Messrs, Nyberg, Rauch and Neubert. The unanimous conclusion was that 
they would each contribute toward building a Qemeinhaus, to serve the pur- 
poses, as was the Moravian arrangement elsewhere, of a dwelling place for the 
minister and as a school and meeting house. Klein donated 3 3-4 acres of his 
land for this purpose. (A draft of land belonging to the Qemeinhaus, made 
in 1 754, gives the area as eight acres and twenty-three perches, so that Klein 
must have made an additioneJ grant, or more land was added to it when the 
Brethren came into possession). In November the cellar was dug ; March 
29, 1747, the corner stone was laid by Nyberg and Neubert; May 24, 

1 748, the Rev. Leonard Schnell, the successor of Neubert, who was called 
to Heidelburg, occupied the house cuid commenced the school v^th four boys 
and three girls, his wife teaching the latter. June 28 the Rev. Reinhard 
Ronner and wife aurrived from Bethlehem as aissistants in the school and pastoral 
work. August 1 1 the first lovefeast was held in the Gemeinhaus, by Bishop 
Nathaniel Seidel, of Bethlehem. November 1 3 George Klein and Leonard 
Bender were received into the communion of the Brethren's Church at Bethlehem, 
the first to be so received, not only in Warwick, but in the Colony, all the 
members at Bethlehem and Nazareth being recent emigrants from Europe. 

February 9, 1 749, the Brethren Spangenburg, de Watteville, Seidel and 
others from Bethlehem were present to dedicate the Gemeinhaus and to 
organize the " Warwick Country Congregation " with the followang first 
members : Brethren, George Klein, Hans George Kiesel, Henry Rudy, 

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Jacob Scherzer ; Sisters, Anna Klein, Christiana Kiesel, Verona Rudy, 
ApoUonia Scherzer. The first conununion in this house was held on this day, 
which was thereafter observed as the Gemeinfest of the Warwick Congre- 
gation. From November 20 to 23 a Provincial Synod was held in Warwick, 
on which occasion a number of new members (twenty-two) were received. 
The Warwick Gemeinhaus, or, as it is usually designated in the later diaries, 
" Warwick School House," stood on the eastern part of Klein's farm, on the 
declivity of a slight hill, north of what is now Main street, and north-east of 
the residence, 1905, of Mr. Clement Badorf. Subsequent to 1763 it was 
used as a school and as a stopping place for distant members when they came to 
church on Sunday. In February, 1 766, it was taken down — being built of 
logs, and re-erected opposite the square, on the north-east corner, its uses being 
the same as before. The building was destroyed in the fire of July 1 6, 1 838, 
when three other houses were consumed. 

August, 1 752, Bishop Matthew Hehl arrived on a visitation. On 
December 9, 1753, Bishop Peter Boehler organized a "Society," that is, a 
class of persons who, whilst they were not members of the Warwick church, 
desired to be under the spiritual supervision of its pastors and to share in the 
ordinary and special church services. 

Names of persons in Warwick township attached to the Brethren (Society 
Members) : Hans Bender, David Biehler, Martain Boehler, Andrew Bort, 
Henry Bossert, Michael Eib, Andrew Frey, Christopher Frey, Valentine 
Grosh, Jacob Heil, David Hilton, Christian Huetter, Jacob Jones, Michael 
Klein, Christian Kling, Henry Lehn, Paul Lehn, John Nohel, Michael Palmer, 
Christian Palmer, John Plattenberger, Henry Tschudy, also the wives of the 
above. Single men : Francis Seip, Michael Zahm ; widows : — Herculrode 
and Barbara Stauffer. 

The Warwick congregation was a Land Gemeine, that is, a country 
congregation, the members of which lived scattered on their farms, and not in 
a close settlement as was the case in Bethlehem and Nazareth. Bethlehem 
was the " Pilgrim Congregation;" that is, the members were missionaries or in 
training for such service, or were laboring for such support of those who were 
continually coming and going at the call of the church in its activity among the 
Indians and the negro slaves in the West Indies and Surinam, (Dutch Guiana) 
or in what we should now caU home mission labors in Pennsylvania and the 
adjoining colonies. Nazareth was the " Patriarch's Plan," being composed 
mostly of farmers, who tilled their lands and gathered in the harvests for the 
same common purpose. These congregations were, of necessity, peculiarly 
constituted. The members lived in close quarters and with the greatest 
economy, surrendering many individual rights, and putting the proceeds of their 

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Ubot into a couunon heasuiy. N^>t e\efy one was htted kn the labors, 
restnctioas and $elt-<ktual$ of such a social and religious communit>'. and as 
enugrar.ts oot^tinuevl to arrive hon\ Europe >vKo might not be suitable and 
N»>llu\j; :r.erubeiTS oi either ot these settleitter\ts, it was resoKed by Ziiuendorf 
attd StvMXgenburg to pj;v>vide a third Church-settleinent {Gemeinort) in 
Peiutsyhania. It was not ouK to ans\ver the purposes just mentioned, but also 
to atforvl a hou>e Kh; such church members in the Colonies who desired closer 
spiritual supervision and fellowship than could W obtained in the Country 
Congregations* in which the taembers lived NvideK scattered hom each other. 
\\ aiAvick. by its situation and rapKi iccrease seemed best htted kx this settle- 
a>ent. In I 733 Geofge Klein had made an otfei to Spangenberg. \ icanus 
GeeeraSs, to donjite his e .' -4*51 acres, to the church, he to receive 

an aunuitv" ot £70 durmg ^ -. L pon Spangenberg's return horn Europe 

i» \ 754, K.lein ivpeated this otfei in positive terms, announcing his purpose to 
letite to Be^ehem with his wife and daughter. August 20, 1 754. the 
Vfgal transfer of the prot>frt\ to the L nitv of ^e Brethien was made. 

In the spcing oi thb year. I 754. KLlein had budt a two-stocy stone house 
oear his log house, vvithout havirxg any dedaite purpose in regard to it This 
Kouse afteiAvards gave the direction to ^ main street oi the village, and 
accounts for the fact ^t it does ttot run due East and West It was used as 
a dwettjng fof the niinisters, but afeo as a nieeticg place fof the cocgregation. 
along w ith the W arwKk GejriecnAaus. until 1 7t> I . The tavern and store 
were ahetwarvis tempofarily in this l>ui3cSng. It stood on the north side of 
Main street, opposite the stot? oi' Roi>fit N. \\ otte, aitd was toe's dowTi in 

The gececal superxtecN^ecce of the Country Coogregatioc© had been 
committed to Bsshop Hehl, arid as the new settleiaect was K> be a centre for 
them, it might have been taken for granted tiwit Hehl should take i^ his 
testde&re here. The cjuesttcn. however, was broug^tt up and cfectKsed at a 
Cocieiecce of the Elders heid August I $. after the meedDg o^ the S-qocL 
whjich had ajet m the stone house, and cootjcued in sesstoc ftoca August 1 3 to 
I 7. Sf>aiageoi>ei"g stited the reasons fnv and cwt for his own. Boeidbr's or 
HehTs appointn::ect The decssson was left to the tot Four fcided s^js 
o^ paper were provided, oc one of whjch the Lattn word esi (he s the oeee) 
was wrtttec, so that k was pcssjfc4e that neither oi them might be designated. 
Att« ferment prayer each one fcxA. up a sSpv Bishop Hehl receiving tbe ooe 
w!th the ^. He was accvxiSttgih' charged with the ocganizaboQ aod gsHkboce 
of dbe oew settkcient. lot esftenul as welt as spaStuai atfass, ats aiso the saper- 
vKJujtt oi the varsous coMatey churches, NovenJ&er 9 he aenved from 
BethWsem, and took up Ois resadeoce m KJeic's sfcone hotise. which it was the 
c«£tott ihereaftet fio catt the "Pt^eriTuus^ 

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On June 12, 1756, letters were received from Zinzen:iorf, in which, 
amongst the rest, he gave the name Lititz to the new settlement, after the 
barony Lititz, in Bohemia, where the infant church of the Ancient Brethren, 
by permission of George Podiebrad, King of Bohemia, had found a refuge 
in 1456, just three hundred years before. May 14, 1759, at a common 
meeting of the Lititz and Warwick brethren and sisters, Spangenburg 
announced that henceforth the two congregations, Lititz and Warwick, would 
be united into one, which should bear the name of Lititz. 

On July 7, 1 758, the corner-stone of the Single Sisters' House was laid 
by Bishop Spangenburg ; and that of the Single Brethrens' House by the 
brethren Peter Boehler and Gottlieb Bezold, on July 4, 1 759. 

The new Gemeinhaus (now the parsonage) was dedicated September 
18, 1763. 

The present church was consecrated August 1 3, 1 787. 

A list of the Ministers, Ministers* Assistants and Principals of Linden 
Hall Seminary who served in Warwick and Lititz from 1 742 to 1 899 : 



Count Zinzendorf, (preached in War- 
wick, 1 742) 
Jacob Lischy, 1 743 
Lawrence Nyberg, 1743 — 47 
Daniel Neubert, 1 745—47 
LeonhardSchnell, 1747— 49 
Reinhard Ronner, 1 748—5 1 
Christian Henry Rauch, I 749—53 
George Nixdorf, 1751-53 
Abraham Reinke, Sr., 1 753—54 
Frederick Schlegel, 1 753 — 55 
Philip Christian Bader, 1 754-55 
John Michael Zahm, 1 755—57 
Bishop Matthew Godfrey Hehl, 

1755-84 
Christian Otto Krogstrup, 1 755 and 

1 762-64 
Franz Christian Lembke, 1755 — 57 
Bishop David Nitschman, 1756 — 61 
George Neisser, 1 757 — 58 
George Pitschmann, 1 757 — 58 
Albert Ludolf Russmeyer, 1 758—62 
Andrew Broksch, 1 758 



Jacob Till, 1 758-59 

Godfrey Roesler, 1 7 6 2 - - - 6 3 , 

1768-76 
John Christoph Francke, 1 763 — 82 
Nicholas Henry Eberhardt, 1 764 
John Schweishaupt, 1 764 
Bernhard Adam Grube, 1 765—84 
John Jacob Schmick, 1 777 — 78 
Simon Peter, 1 780—84 
John A. Klingsohr, 1 783—90 
Bshop John Andrew Huebener, 

1790-1800 
Abraham Reinke, Jr., 1783—86, 

1789---91, 1808---15, 

1815-33 
Jeremiah Denke, 1 784—88 
Bishop John Herbst, 1 79 1 — 1 8 1 1 
John Bardill, 1800-01 
John Meder, 1801—05 
John F. Loeffler, 1802 ---04. 

1819-22,1827—40 
George G. Miller, 1801—05 
John Frederick Frueauff, 1 79 1 — 96, 

1805-15 



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John Constandne Miller, I 804—09 
Abraham Leverirg, 1805—32 
Jacob Van Vleck, 1811-12 
John Martin Beck, 1812—14 
Bishop Andrew Benade, 1813 — 22 

1829-36 
Bishop John Christian B e c k 1 e r , 

1822-29 
Thomas Longballe, 1822—25 
Bishop Samuel Reinke, 1 824—26, 

1854-60 
John G. Kummer, 1826 — 30, 

1843-46 
Charles F. Kluge, 1830-36 
William Eberman, 1832—38 
Bishop Peter WoOe, 1836—53 
Eugene A. Frueauff, 1838 — 55, 

1868-73 
August Wilhelm Senft, 1840-43 



Julius T. Beckler, 1 846—62 
Lawrence Frederic Oerter, I 849 
Bishop Henry A. Shultz, 1852—53 
Bishop Levin Theophilus Reichel, 

1853-54 
Bishop Edmund A. de Schweinitz, 

1 860-64 

WilHam C. Reichel, 1 862-68 
Lewis F. Kamipman, 1 864 — 67 
Edward T. Kluge, 1867-76 
Herman A. Brickenstein, 1873—92 
Charles Nagel. 1876—84 
Bishop Clement L. Reinke, 1 885—89 
Bishop Chcirles Louis Moench, 

1889-1901 
Chalres B. Shultz, 1892-97 
Charles D. Kreider, 1897— 
Ernest S. Hagen, 1 90 1 — 




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Hittti ilorautan OII|urrI| 

By REV. E. S. HAGEN 

HE history of Lititz — religious, educational, musical, social and 
industrial, is inseparable from the history of the Moravian Church 
in Lititz. Nearly I 50 years ago, on June 1 2, 1 756, the settlement 
of Moravian Brethren here received the name of Lititz from Count 
Zinzendorf in memory of the town in Bohemia, where the newly- 
organized church of the Ancient Brethren's Unity found its first 
refuge in 1456, and henceforth the name of the Moravian con- 
gregation became the name of the town. 

The distinctive idea of the Moravian Brethren was to establish a truly 
spiritual Church of Jesus Christ. They held that no one could rightfully be 
considered a member of the church, who was not a true Christian. These early 
Moravian settlements were, therefore, the result of the desire to secure locations, 
in which the Brethren might freely and unmolestedly seek after the development 
of a deep spiritual life. At the same time they were to become the centers of 
aggressive evangelistic efforts among the unevangelized white colonists and 
Indians ; as well as the seats of educational institutions for the religious and 
secular training of their children and youth. 

For the purpose of fostering and supervising the spiritual life of the member- 
ship, Moravian congregations were divided tnto " Choirs," or classes according 
to age, sex and station, as early as 1 727, each "Choir" being under its own 
special Director, and having each year a season of covenanting and prayer. 
In addition to this, marked emphasis was laid upon a deeply-solemn observance 
of the festivals of the Church Year, of the Passion Week and of the important 
events in the history of the Brethren's Church, called " Memorial " or 
" Covenant Days." All these and other time-honored customs and services, 
sometimes called " Moravian Peculiarities," having in view the spiritual profit 
of the membership, have been observed by the Moravian Church at Lititz ever 
since its organization with such modifications or accomodations as the changing 
conditions made necessary. Even the " Lease System," or the arrangement 
according to which it was impossible for any but Moravians to own land in 
Lititz, narrow and exclusive as it may appear to many to-day, was not without 
its peculiar advantages in the way of spiritual culture and oversight. This 

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system being found to be impracticable any longer, was abolished in 1856. 

Among the important events of recent history in connection with the 
Moravian Congregation at Lititz, which may be added to those found else- 
where in this book under the caption :— " Early History of Lititz," etc., com- 
piled by A. R. Beck, are the following : 

On August 13 and 14, 1887, the Centennial of the dedication of the 
church was observed, a full account of which may be read in a pamphlet en- 
titled " Reminiscences of the Moravian Church at Lititz, Pa.," etc., by Francis 
P. Hart. 

On September 1 and 11,1 899, the Sesqui-Centennial celebration of the 
organization of the Congregation was held. 

Other matters of more or less interest, being fresh in the minds of most of 
the readers, need not be chronicled at this time. 

In the article on Lititz, written by John Beck in the "Authentic History 
of Lancaster County," appear the following remarks, which may well be 
quoted : " It is not saying too much, if we state, that it (Lititz) is probably 
the cleanest and neatest village in Lancaster county. The (Church) Square, 
around which are located the institutions, church and parsonage, is, perhaps, 
not surpassed in beauty by any other spot in the county ; such is its splendor in 
the summer season, that it frequently occurs that travelers stop in their journey 
to give closer examination than a mere transient notice. The church is 66 feet 
in length and 50 feet in depth; it is built of limestone, and has a very fine 
appearance ; and the mason-work in front is generally considered a masterpiece 
of workmanship." 

Space forbids more than a passing mention of the work of Sunday School 
in imparting Bible knowledge, and of the various Societies in their benevolent 
and missionary activities. During the past century no less than twenty members 
of the Congregation have gone out as Foreign Missionaries in stations ranging 
from Surinam, South America, to Alaska, North America, while many others 
have entered the ranks of the ministry at home. 

In 1787 the Congregation numbered 207 communicants; in 1887, one 
hundred years later, there were 380 communicants. The Congregation now 
has a communicant membership of 540 persons, and these together with non- 
communicants and children make an aggregate of 750 souls in direct connection 
with the church. 




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HENRY C. STURGIS 



EZRA HABECKER 
A. B. REIDENBACH 



Mrs. GEO. L. HEPP 
Miss MARTHA J. DERR 



(Ulturrlj ©rganfeattnn 

Rev. E. S. HAGEN 



Sparnns 

W. C. ENCK 

Sraronrsara 

Mrs. a. R. beck 



ROBERT N. WOLLE 



CLEMENT BADORF 
WILLIAM A. SMITH 



Mrs. SARAH BECKLER 
Mrs. a. LOUISA FETT 



Mrs. MARY HUEBENER 

ulruatrrB 



J, H. SHENK, Presidenl 
SAMUEL FOLTZ 
HADYN MIKSCH 



LAWRENCE K. GROSH Secretary 
MARTIN S. HESS 
CHARLES H. KREIDER 



JOHN G. ZOOK, Treasurer 



PAUL E. BECK, Or^ajiist 



EUGENE KREIDER, Scvtoii 



g'Uttbajj &rl|onl 



GEO. L. HEPP, Superintendent 

JOHN K. CARPER \ A.^i.tant Subts 
JOHN G. ZOOK S ^-^^"'""^ '^"^^•^• 

ELMER E. KAUTZ, Secretary Mrs. SARAH BECKLER, Treasurer 

Miss LAURA BUCH ] 

W\ M. GRUBE ; Librarians 

E. E. BRENEMAN I 

Miss IRENE LIGHT, Organist 

Miss ELLA BUCH, Supl. of Infant Department 

Other organizations are the Men's Missionary Society, Women's Mission- 
ary Society, Mite Society, Christian Endeavor Society and the King's 
Daughters. 



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(Fritittij 1. S. (U)mt\} 

By REV. CHARLES E. HESS 

URING July, 1872 the Rev. Abraham Shultz, a minister of the 
EvangeliccJ Association and preacher-in-charge of Brownstown 
circuit, assisted by severd Evangelical famnilies who had pre\iously 
moved from his charge to Lititz, established a preaching-place in 
the " Round House " in W^urw^ck. EvEmgelistic meetings w^ere 
held during the following year by his successor, the Rev. P. 
Dreibelbis zind his aissistant, the Rev. C. S. BrowTi. About 
sixty people were converted, auid a claiss was orgzuiized consisting of about 
fifty members. A permanent place for worship beccime a necessity. Julius F. 
Sturgis, (then not a member of the class), generously tendered a lot located on 
East Orange street (the site of the present building) for the sum of one dollau:. 
On May 6 th^ officers of the organization accepted the offer and, at once 
proceeded to pro\ide a suitable church edifice. David R. Buch and Christian 
Essig were appointed as building committee. Rev. Dreibelbis died in June, 
thenceforth the ministerial work devolved on the junior preacher. Rev. Brown. 
A tvNo-story brick building was erected, but only the first story was furnished 
for use. The comer-stone was laid July 26, 1874. The building was 
dedicated November 29, 1874, and ncimed Jeruscilem Church of the Evan- 
gelicaJ Association. Rev. BrovsTi remained patsor until the spring of 1876. 
The consecutive successors each for a period of three years, were the Revs. 
J. M. Oplinger. Joseph Specht, B. D. Albright, A. Dilabar. A. W. Warfel and 
A. A. DeLong. During Rev. Dilabar's pastorate the main auditorium was 
finished, and a pau'sonage was built on the first lot west of the church. The 
church was free from debt, but a mortgage for $ 1 400 wa^ resting upon the 
pairsonage. 

The year 1 894 commemorates the transition from the Evangelical 
Association to the United EvangelicaJ church. The Rev. J. W. Woerhle was 
the pastor during the first year of the re-organization period. The Rev. A, 
M. Scimpsel succeeded him and remained in charge for four years. During 
these years the members bought their own property- from the Evangelical 
Association for $1950, plus the mortgage of $1400, cind accumulated interest 
on the mortgage amounting to $287.98. An aimex was built to the church, 

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and the parsonage was renovated at an additional cost of $2200. Then the 
organization was incorporated as Trinity United Evangelical church. The 
double payment of the properties and the improvements thereon cost the 
members $1 5,000. There is now no indebtedness on the properties, and the 
church and its Sunday School are in a flourishing condition. The Rev. I. J. 
Reitz became the pastor in the spring of 1699, and remained three years. 
The Rev. A. W. Warfel, the only pastor who served the church the second 
time, ministered to the worshipers for two years. The present incumbent 
Rev. Charles E. Hess, succeeded Rev. Warfel in March, 1904. 

QIl)urrl) (irganfeatinn 

REV. C. E. HESS 

DAVID R. BUCH, President NATHAN H. BUCH, Secretary 

JOHN KISSINGER, Treasurer 
EMANUEI. HALL THOMAS KISSINGER 

DAVID R. BUCH WALTER H. BUCH 

GEORGE BUTZER DANIEL L. BOWMAN 

WILLIAM NELSON 

JOHN McCLOUD 

WALTER H. BUCH, Superintendent 

D. L. BOWMAN, Assisiaiit Supt. 

WM. S. DIEHM, Secretary 

Miss LILLIE WORKMAN \ j .-a,,.,,,,.,, 
JACOB YOUNG S 

Mrs. M. M. SOUDERS, Supt. of Infant Department 

Other organizations are the Missionary Auxiliary and the Woman's Aid 
Society. 




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1. Paul ICutI)? ra« QII)urrl| 

By REV. J. E. MAURER 

T. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized August 4, 
1885, with 52 members, with Rev. J. Peter as pastor. The 
cornerstone was laid September 13, 1885, by Revs. S. Stall and 
John V. Eckert. The church was dedicated February 14, 
1 886, Rev. Eli Huber, D. D., preaching the dedication sermon 
assisted by Rev. T. C. Billheimer, D. D., and the pastor, in 
1 886 a good parsonage was built. The pressing need of a good 
Surday School chapel raised the question of a new location and, hence on 
June 14, 1905, the congregation authorized the church council to purchase the 
lot on the corner of Broad and Orange Streets. This purchase was made 
June 29, 1905. 

Rev. J. Peter, the first pastor, resigned June 1, 1886; Rev. W. H. 

Lewars was pastor from October 1886, to April 1889; Rev. I. W. Bobst 

from June 1890 to February 1903 and Rev. J. E. Maurer since July 1903. 

TTie present enrolled membership is 251, and the enrollment of 

s;holars in the Sunday School is 319, 




WALTER S. SOUDERS 



JAMEvS B. HAAG 



Pastnr 

Rkv. J. E. MAURER 
lElbrra 



Srarnna 

WIIXIAM M. AMER 
T. R. KREIDER 

Sruatrra 



FRANK B. BUCH 



CHARLES B. DUSSINGER 



WAYNE A. HABECKER 



WILLL\M H. ENCK 



Sunhay ^rlpnl 



WAYNE A. HABECKER, Supcrintcndcnf 

THEO. A. ZELLER, Assistant Supt. 

CHARLE8 B. DUSSINGER, Secretary D. G. WITMYER, 1 rcasurer 

wn.LIAM H. ENCK, Librarian 

HARRY WPHDMAN \ i , j -i^ 

P L YEISER cAsst. Librarians 



Other organizations are the Senior and Junior Christian Endeavor, 
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society and the Ladies Aid Society. 

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By REV. D. A. ROTH 

HE origin of the St. James Evangelical Congregation of the 
ministerium of PennsyWania, of the General Council is due to a 
number of families having moved into Lititz from the BricTcerville 
charge, and various other congregations of the above denomi- 
nations. Petitions of these families for a church home and 
worship of their own faith was brought before the meeting of the 
Lancaster Conference of the Evangelical Ministerium of 
Pennsylvania, of the General Council in the spring of 1903. At this meeting 
the Conference decided that their petition should be granted and an 
orgenizalion effected. The Rev. A. W. Leibersberger recei\ing a call to 
Salemn Evangelical Lutheran Church, at Lebanon, Pa., the above was 
delayed. In the spring of 1 904 the Rev. D. A. Roth having been called to 
the pastorate of the Briclcerville charge the members of these families organized 
themselves by the advice of the officers of the Conference into a society to work 
towards the buying of a building lot. This being accomplished the regular 
organization, the St. James Congregation, was effected by the President of the 
Lancaster Conference, in the month of July 1 905. Shortly thereafter steps were 
taken towards the erection of the said building to be located on the corner of 
Front and Cedar Streets in the Borough of Lititz. 

The following are the present officers or trustees : Charles Bear, Harry 
Neidermyer, Henry M. Zook, Lemon Neidermyer and Franklin Gantz. 




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MnxUh ^YH\}rm OII|urrtj 

By REV. S. S. DAUGHERTY 

HE Rev. John Boughter, sent by the East Pennsylvania Con- 
ference of the United Brethren Church, visited Lititz in 1890 
with the intention of establishing here a church of this faith. 
With the few United Brethren families already in Lititz as a 
nucleus, Rev. Boughter, on March 7, 1890 organized a 
Class, and started a revival in what is known as the "old 
brewery." The revival resulted in a number of conversions. 
A lot was purchased soon after on East Front Street, Warwick, and 
plans made for a house of worship. The cornerstone was laid September 6, 
1 89 1 . During the erection of the church services were continued in the " old 
brewery." On December 20, 1 89 1 , the church-name, the Bishop Erb 
Memorial United Brethren in Christ Church was dedicated by Bishop E. B. 
Kephart. 

Rev. Boughter continued as pastor of the church until October, 1892, 
when he was succeeded by the Rev. C. G. F. Miller, who served the church 
until his death in 1899. The Presiding Elder, D. D. Lowery, appointed 
Rev. P. H. Bowman to the vacancy who continued as pastor for two years — 
until 1 90 1 . Rev. S. S. Daugherty was then assigned to the charge and has 
since served as pastor. 



Qllfurrl} (!^rgant|ati0n 



D. M. WEIDMAN 
M. W. KLOPP 

H. S. HADECKER 



Paatnr 

Rev. S. S. daugherty 

SFruHtrra 

JOHN YERGER 

(dlasH ffilra&rra 
(Elaaa S'tpvuar& 

W. B. OEHME 



JAMES SEABER 
MARTIN LENHART 



FRANK ANDREWS 



§unbag ^rl|0nl 



M. W. KLOPP, Siiperintejident 
Miss LILLIE WIKE, Secretary D. M. WEIDMAN. Treasurer 

Miss MARY SHUE, Organist 



Other organizations are the Young Peoples' Christian Union, Junior 
Society Y. P. C. U. and the Women's Missionary Society. 

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d^rtnan ISa^jttat OIt|«rrI| 

By H. R. GIBBEL 

HE members of this denomination built a church in the Borough 
in 1887. It is a part of the West Conestoga District, which 
comprises five churches with about five hundred members. The 
preachers who serve the different churches are Revs. John Myers, 
Lititz ; Cyrus Gibbel, Brunnerville ; David Snader, Akron, and 
E. B. Brubaker, at Brubaker. Regular services are held bi- 
weekly and prayer meeting every Wednesday evening and every 

alternate Sabbath evening. The church building is a good sized, substantia.! 

frame structure, located on Willow Street and there is ample shedding to 

accomodate the teams of members who attend services from the surrounding 

country. 

A Sunday School is connected therewith which holds its sessions every 

Sabbath afternoon and has about one hundred pupils. Rev. E. B. Brubaker 

is superintendent. 





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HOW THE MORAVIANS FOUNDED THE FAMOUS SCHOOL— ITS 

HISTORY. LOCATION AND ITS BUILDINGS, BY LOUISA A. 

WEITZEL, REVISED BY REV. CHAS. D. KREIDER 




N order to give anything like a satisfactory account of Linden 
Hall Seminary we must begin by giving at least a sketch of the 
religious settlement which rendered such an institution possible, 
and by whose spirit it is still pervaded to a great extent. It is 
one of the few schools with more than a century of history of 
which it can well be proud. In order to begin at the beginning 
we must go back to the year I 743 when Count Zinzendorf, the 
patron of the Renewed Church of the United Brethren, or Moravians, as they 
are altogether known here, came to America and visited Pennsylvania, where 
the settlements of Bethlehem and Nazareth had already been established. 
George Klein, of Warwick township, was converted under the Count's preach- 
ing, and in 1 754 donated his whole farm of 600 acres to the Moravians. At 
the time the subject of establishing a new Gemeinort, or exclusive church 
settlement was under discussion. Zinzendorf in 1 756 gave the name of Lititz 
to the settlement, after the barony of Lititz in Bohemia where the infant church 
by permission of Podiebrad, King of Bohemia, had found a refuge from 
persecution in 1426, just three hundred years before. The large Gemeinhaus 
was completed in I 754 (the first one was built in 1 747) and the present par- 
sonage, was built in 1 762. For twenty-one months services were held in the 
Sisters' House, now known as the " castle " which was finished in October' 
1760. The present church was dedicated August 13, 1787. None but 
members of the church were allowed to reside in the settlement and it was an 

ideal community. 

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Not the least interesting and important institutions of this peaceful village 
were the Brethrens' and Sisiters' House. These were maintained for the 
benefit of single men and women, and cannot be likened to a convent as the 

S>iBttVB' inmates were neither bound by vows nor subject to penance. 

att& It is with the Sisters' House alone that our sketch has any 

^vethrma Bouhp ■ j i ii n i ^ -^ tl 

connection, and hence we will contine ourselves to it. 1 tie 

building occupied by the sisters was the main part of the present stone structure 

called the " castle " corresponding in size to the Brothers' House, the present 

Sunday School Chapel, west of the church. Later it was enlarged by the 

addition of an eastern wing, also of stone. Here the sisters kept house, sub- 

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ordinate to the gentle sway of a " pfiegerin," or spiritual advisor, and a 
" vorsteherin " or stewardess. Regular hours were set apart for work and for 
recreation. The sisters lived in room companies, classed according to age, 
took their meals together and slept in dormitories. Each sister supported her- 
self and paid her board like any independent female in the outside world of 
today. This she could do by reason of the fact that various industries were 
carried on in the establishment. Connected therewith there was in the first 
place a large farm and some of the sisters were engaged in field and garden 
work — the dairy, the laundry, the cooking and all the manifold duties of a large 
plantation. The weaving of linen and woolen fabric was carried on, and the 
" Weavers House," (now standing simply as a relic) was built in 1 770. It is 
the small frame building at the western end of the " castle." The other 
industries were dressmaking, the making of lace and embroidery, box-making, 
knitting, the spinning of wool and flax and the making of chip hats. A small 
store was held in the room at the eastern side of the hall, on the first floor where 
the articles made in the establishment were retailed to the villagers and 
numerous visitors attracted by the fame of the quaint religious community. The 
management of the farm was in the hands of a warden, one of the brethren of 
the church. The large stone barn is still in use but has been converted into a 
gymnasium. 

The sisters took no vows, were at perfect liberty to come or go, to get 
married or remain single as they chose, and their lives while in the institution 
were free from restraint as long as their conduct was such as to render 
restraint unnecessary. So their lives were passed in simplicity, peaceful industry 
and sweet content. The letters of Miss Mary Penry to Mrs. Elizabeth 
Drinker, which were presented to the library of the school by Mr. John W. 
Jordan, of the Penna. Historical Society, who received them from Mr. Henry 
Biddle, show what a haven of rest this institution was to some of those who, 
without being compelled to work for a livelihood, sought shelter, a partial 
seclusion from the temptations and follies of the world, and the fellowship of 
other Christian women in a manner of life regulated upon Christian principles. 
But another feature at first undreamed of was to enter into this busy, human 
hive. Far in advance of the age as they were in most things, the Moravians, 
true to their great Bishop, John Amos Comenius, always founded schools for 
both sexes in every settlement they established. Although boarding schools 
had been founded before this time by the Moravian Church it was wholly a 
matter of accident, humanly speaking, that Linden Hall ever became a boarding 

school for girls. ^ ^ ^ 

£3 t3 £3 

A parochial school for girls had been maintained in the Sisters' House 
and elsewhere ever since 1 748, but the objections to receiving boarders were 

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at first many and various. The school began in this wise. In the summer of 
1 794 Mrs. Marvell, a lady from Baltimore, visited Lttitz and was greatly 

UoarMttn pleased with her inspection of the Sisters' House. On 

g>rljiuil leaving she asked permission to place her little daughter 

Margaret, nine years old, in the care of the sisters. After some 

hesitation this was granted, and on September 7, " Little Peggy " as she was 

usually called, became the first pupil in what in a year or two grew to be 

a boarding school. The second scholar was Sarah Schaeffer, of Tulpehocken. 

We quote the following from an article by H. A. Brickenstein in the 
Centennial edition of the Lancaster Intelligencer which fully elucidates all 
the points we care to touch upon in this necessarily imperfect sketch of the 
seminary's development. " More applications at first were received than could 
be accepted, there being a lack of room and, in the beginning, of competent 
teachers. The school and living room for the first pupils was in the Weaver's 
House. This house was built of logs and afterwards weather-boarded. 
During the first ten years — until 1 804, 63 scholars entered. Many of them 
were quite young and had to be placed in the separate charge of a sister. The 
charge for a year's board and tuition, four quarters of 1 2 weeks each, was £30, 
' Pennsylvania currency,' or from $86 to $120, according as the shilling varied 
in those times. The boarding pupils were incorporated with the classes of the 
parochial school for girls, which was held in the Sister's House." 

By the year 1 804 the need of more room was strongly felt, and the 
Kinder Haus (children's house) was occupied, after a second story and a wing 
had been added. This house stood only a few steps from the Sisters' House' 
but at right angles to it. So far as the present writer has been able to make 
out, this house dates from I 769 and was originally intended for the girls' 
school. This is that portion of the present building which is occupied by the 
principal's study and the front of the dining room, with the story above these. 
The new house was dedicated August 26, 1804, and the same day six 
teachers and twenty-four pupils moved into it. Thereafter this house was 
known as the Anstalt, or boarding school. 

The original Anstalt building was from time to time enlarged by additions 
to the front and by wings, and about the year 1857 the Sisters' House was 
incorporated with the seminary. The total front is now nearly 200 feet. 

From time to time the Sisters' House has been thoroughly renovated 

within and the interior now presents a specially bright and cozy and withal a 

certain dignified appearance, which reminds one of the manor houses of England 

and the continent. _ 

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Of the life of the school at this time we get glimpses from Mrs. 
Haldeman's reminiscences as published in the school paper. The Linden Hall 

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Echo, and the letters of Miss Penry. Mrs. Haldeman, whose maiden name 

was Eliza Jacobs, entered the school in the year 1 800. Her father was 

grhnol ?"tfp owner of the Mount Hope and Colebrook furnaces. She 

nnii died in Harrisburg, where she was a leader in social circles 

and church and benevolent work, in the year I 884, at the 

age of 95 years. She was an interested visitor and an honored guest at 

commencements after she had passed her ninetieth year. 

It is a matter of regret that there are not at hand detailed reminiscences 
concerning the school during the succeeding decades of the century that now 
lies behind it. The " Echo " supplies this information for the last 30 years, 
br.t of the interval between them historical material is very scant. In the case 
of a school or similar organization the incidents connected with its founding are 
naturally the most interesting. Afterwards its life and activity move on in the 
paths originally chosen, widening its sphere, however, as new demands are 
made or new opportunities present themselves. The conservative spirit of the 
community and the church has not welcomed changes for their own sake, but 
the growth has been steady, and at the present day the seminary stands fully 
abreast of similar institutions in equipment and the courses and method of study. 
Regard for the welfare, physical, intellectual and spiritual, of the individual 
pupil still characterizes its system of household government, and to carry this 
into practice it is sometimes called on to make sacrifices which under other 
methods might be avoided. 

In 1863 the seminary was incorporated by the legislature. In 1874 a 
settled course of study was instituted in which scholars are graduated after 
reaching the required standing. The post-graduate course was begun in 1 880. 
From the beginning 4000 scholars have been in attendance, not counting day 
scholars. 

The location of the school is as attractive now as it was a hundred years 
ago. Although the simple Moravian Church settlement has grown into a 
flourishing borough with fully five times as many inhabitants, and a shifting 
population of a somewhat cosmopolitan character the school is still shielded and 
sheltered from the " maddening crowd's ignoble strife " by the beautiful 
church square. The " castle " and the Memorial Chapel are covered with 
ivy, and the latter especially being nearest the main street, are the constant 
admiration of all who pass. The venerable pile looks ancient enough to 
attract the antiquarian, picturesque enough to attract the artist and homelike 
enough to attract the wanderer. 

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As already stated the gymnasium occupies the interior of the old stone 
barn of the early days. It is well equipped, is supplied with an indoor tennis 

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court, basket ball and bowling alley. Exercises in physical culture are taken 

regularly. In the rear of the main building, facing the rising sun, is a 

(SBumaatuiH playground of about an acre in extent, planted with stately 

_, ^""^ giants of the forest and garden — Norway spruce, white 

piagyromtft • i • i i i i- i i n 

pine, tiickory, chestnut, oak, Imden, cherry, as well as 

flowering shrubs, and supplied with gravelled walks, seats, swings and pavilions. 

At the eastern end is a very fine tennis court. Class trees, all Norway spruce, 

are planted along the northern side. The whole is enclosed by a hedge fence- 

The grounds in the rear of the stone building are also quite considereble in 

extent, and being well kept and shaded are more or less frequented by the pupils, 

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The seminary is conducted on the system (we quote from the catalogue) 

which has for more than a century been tested in similar institutions in Europe 

and in this country, and which is finding increased acceptance in the latter. 

j7[l,P This system aims to be a substitute for the close and 

iBnmpalir affectionate supervision of parents at home. The pupils and 

ArrangpiHPitt . i r i i i i i i 

teachers ot the seminary conshtute one household, at the 

head of which stand the Principal and his wife. The pupils are divided, 

mainly according to age, into smaller families or " Rooms," numbering usually 

about fifteen. Over each of these two teachers preside, for purposes of 

companionship, protection, assistance and control. It need scarcely be added 

that this system has its modifications, and this supervision becomes less close as 

the pupils advance through the different grades. The seniors have many 

privileges denied to the younger pupils, while the " posts " as they are called, 

the young ladies in the college department, are put on their honor and have 

perfect liberty. 

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Each room company has a separate suite of apartments, a sitting and 

study room, dressing rooms and bath rooms. The first is a cheerful, roomy 

apartment, supplied with tables, chairs, several easy chairs and couches, 

®bp fSnnntB pictures, curtains and a small reference library. Each class 

i9nrmttnrira au^ has separate recitation rooms which are supplied with desks, 

philosophical apparatus, blackboards, maps and all the 

paraphernalia of the school work-shop as distinguished from the living rooms. 

The library and reading room is well supplied with books of reference and 

standard and current literature. The dining room is a very pleasant room 

on the first floor of the Hall with windows facing the square In front and 

the campus in the rear. 

The dormitories are large and cheerful and divided into alcoves, each 
pupil occupying an alcove of her own, thus securing a private sleeping 
apartment for each individual. 

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MARY DIXON MEMORIAL CHAPEL 
LINDEN HALL SEMINARY 




Tlie infirmary was built in 1 890, and as all the windows have southern 
and eastern exposure it is one of the most sunny and cheerful of all the 
buildings. All the windows afford lovely views of the play ground and the 
meadows beyond. S B Q 

in 1885 the beautiful Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel was dedicated. It 
was a gift from George W. Dixon, the father of one of the scholars, its 
cost being about $23,000. It is a gem of architecture built in Gothic style, 
jjj. J. limestone and sandstone both being used in its construction, 

ilbi'it/rial From the northwest corner rises a handsome tower of 
(fil?a*>fl limestone and sandstone surmounted by a spire, containing 

a belfry, with a peal of three bells, and topped by a gilt lamb and banner, 
the episcopal seal of the Moravian Church. The bells are in the chord o^ 
A Major and were cast by McShane, of Baltimore. They each bear an 
inscription taken from the one hundreth Psalm : the large one, v. 1 , " Make a 
joyful noise unto the Lord; the middle one. v. 4. " Enter into His gates with 
thanksgiving, and bless His name;" the third one, v. 5, " For the Lord is 
good, and His truth endureth to all generations." Under the flmal of the frort 
gable is a large sandstone panel with the inscription. " Te Deum Laudamus. 
Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel." The triangular panel under the arch of the 
front door has the inscription, cut into the stone and gilt : " I am the Way, the 
Truth and the Life." The height from the ground to the top of the lightning 
rod is 1 1 5 feet. Within the building is divided into an upper and lower floor. 
On the lower floor is a spacious music room with its pine wainscoting and 
stained glass windows. It is supported by graceful iron pillars. In this room 
soirees and musicals are held. To reach the second floor a noble stair-case 
of California red wood, beautifully stained and carved, is ascended. This 
leads to the vestibule in front of the auditorium of the chapel. Three of 
the finest features are the memorial windows. The largest at the eastern end 
tells the story of the Resurrection, the three Marys at the open tomb and the 
angel occupying the place of the risen Christ. The colors are rich red, purple, 
orange and blue. The Inscription at the base reads as follows: "In 
memory of Mary Dixon, daughter of George Dixon, of Bethlehem, who 
entered school September 4, 1876 and graduated with distinction in the class 
of 79. She entered into eternal rest April 4, '82, at Bethlehem, aged 19.' 
The second memorial window, at the northern side, was placed there 
in memory of the builder, George W. Dixon, who died in '84, before the 
chapel was finished, by his grandsons, George W. D. and Edgar W. D. Hope. 
The third memorial window is at the southern side, and was placed there 
in June, 1 892, by the Alumnae Association in honor of Mrs. Brickenstein. the 

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beloved and efficient Vice Principal of Linden Hall for 1 8 years. The inscription 
reads : " To the glory of God and in loving memory of Suscin C. Brickenstein, 
v/ho entered into rest August 28, 1891, aged 55 years. A faithful hriend, a 
wise guide, with a mother's eye and heart for all of us. Ejected by the 
teachers and pupils, 1873 — 1892." The other windows are also of stained 
glass, of unique design and rich in color, each with a scriptural motto in the 
transom. All the wandows came from the establishment of J. and R. Lamb, 
New York, whose work is favorably known in all parts of the country. In the 
west end of the building is a very large stained glass window with the motto 
of the school, " Non Scholae sed Vitae Discimus," in the centre of a quaint 
design. The woodwork of the auditorium is Colifomia red wood emd cherry. 
The pipe organ, which is a very sweet toned one, wais placed in the chapel in 
June, 1 894, by the Alumnae Association eind friends of the school, and 
was dedicated at the Centennial. The building, like all the rest of the school, 
is lighted by electricity. The seating capacity is about 300. The stained 
glass windows, the handsome finish of the Wciinscoting cmd seats, the dark red 
of the beams in the ceiling, the graceful shapes emd bright polish of the lamp 
standards, give to the interior a rich, warm, quiet tone which is verj'^ grateful to 
the eye, taste and feeling. 

The banners of a number of graduating classes are hung on the waDs 

of the main chapel. 

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The buildings are all warmed throughout by steam, and the large, 

wide, cheerful halls, with their broad staircases, deep-seated windows, delightful 

nooks and corners, grandfathers* clocks and gems of art are as inviting and 

ffialls ^^ much frequented as the rooms, all of which open on 

anil porches. Peculiar to Linden Hall are the numerous owls, 

large and small, which perch in every comer, and add to 

the dignity and odor of wisdom that only Minerva's favorite cam confer. The 

museum is an object of great interest and contciins some rare and valuable 

specimens which cure constantly being added to. 

The many very fine specimens of artisticeilJy cirranged oils, water colors, 
engravings, etc., found all over the buildings, add much to the cheerfulness and 
air of culture which pervades everything connected with Linden Hall. 

Q 

It is the emphatic practical aim of the seminary to be, first of all, in tone 
and life, a thoroughly Christian school. While it is controlled in a certain 
measure by the Provincial Synod of the Moravian Church, it is not, in any 

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respect whatever, a sectarian school, but each student's religious belief is justly 
respected. Believing in the importance of moral and religious culture, great 

aiflintoua ^^""^ ^^ ^^^^^ '° ^'^ students in formmg virtuous habits, to 

SnBlrurlinn anb imbue their minds with correct moral principles, and to inspire 

gnncipala ^j^^j^. ^^^^^^ ^-^^^ lofty truths of Chrisrianity. A short 
devotional exercise is held every morning in the chapel, and there are private 
devotions in each room before retiring at night. On Sunday the pupils attend 
services in the chapel or in the church, and have Bible study in their respective 
rooms. 

The foUvmg is a list of principals of Linden Hall since it was organized : 
John Herbst, 1794—1802; John Meder, 1802—1805; John F. Frueauff, 
1805—1815; Andrew Benade, 1815—1822; Christian Bechler, 1822— 
1824; Samuel Reinke, 1824—1826; John G. Kummer, 1826—1830; 
Charles F. Kluge, 1830—1836; Peter Wolle, 1836—1838; Eugene A. 
Frueauff, 1 838— 1 855 ; Julius T. Bechler, 1 855— 1 862 ; William C. Reichel, 
I 862— 1 868 ; Eugene A. Frueauff. 1 868— 1873; Hermann A. Brickenstein, 
1873—1892; Charles B. Shultz, 1892-1897; Charles L. Moench, 
1 897— 1 898 ; Charles D. Kreider, 1 898—. 

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A most complete and thorough course of study from preparatory to 
college grade is offered by the seminary with exceptional opportunities in music 
and art. The academic department affords an opportunity to all those who 

dmnrara ^^ "°* expect to enter college, to fit themselves for the 

of duties of home, business and social life, while at the same 

^ time giving a most excellent preparation to those who wish 

to continue their studies either here or in any one of the larger colleges or 
universities for women. Linden Hall always has enjoyed a most enviable 
reputation as a school of music and art, and thus attracts both its own and the 
graduates of other institutions to itself for the purpose of continuing or completing 
iheir course ot study in these departments. 



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By M. S. HESS 

N August 14, 1893, a number of young men met in the upper 
room of the Moravian Sunday School Chapel and organized 
a circle of "King's Sons" under the leadership of H. C. Miller. 
The object of this circle Vvas to develop spirituail life and to 
stimulate Christian activities among the young men. About a 
year later ( 1 894 ) this body of young men, numbering about 
twenty-one, organized themselves into a Young Men's Christian 
Association, of which their leader became President. Rooms were rented 
in the old Lyceum building, but several years later the Directors thought it 
advisable to move to a more central location. In 1897 the first floor of the old 
Tshudy building was secured. Later the house was torn down and the 
Association moved into the new building which was erected and is now 
the present headquarters, above I. H. Doster's store. 

In order to bring the work before the public a mass meeting was held 
February i 900, in the Moravian Sunday School Chapel. Addresses were 
made by State Secretary Bard and several local members. In response to the 
call for funds needed to furnish the rooms, over five hundred dollars was 
raised. The suite of rooms includes a parlor, reading room, game room and 
lavat ry. The reading room is well supplied with the leading papers and 
nagazines; a library of 480 volumes, also a free library of 50 volumes, 
which is exchanged every six months. 



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M. vS. MES.S, President H. C. MILLER, Vice President 

C. W. GROSH, Recording Secretary D. M. WEIDMAN, General Secretary 
H. H. GINGRICH, Treasurer 



Str^rtnrH 



H. R. GIBBEL A. H. BOMBERGER 

WILLIAM FAvSNACHT JAMES SEABER 

G. HERMAN GOETZ WILLIAM C. ENCK 

WILLIAM DUSSINGER 

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Hittti B^prmgs 




ITITZ SPRINGS Is 
situated in a beautiful 
park of about seven 
acres in the western 
part of the borough. 
As a pleasure resort 
it has merits rarely 
equalled. Nature and man have 
both contributed to make the place 
unusually attractive. It is w^ithin a 
few minutes walk to the heart of 
town, while the main thoroughfares 
skirt its borders, and the railroad 
and trolley stations are at its main entrance- 
Shelter is provided on the grounds, and hotels 
are at two of its gates and a refreshment stand is in the 
park. The spring is a strong one of the clearest limestone water and 
empties into a large oval pool surrounded by cut sandstone coping. It is 
claimed that several underground streams converge at this point. A person 
standing at the elevation west of the Springs is puzzled to understand where 
the reservoir exists that supplies the vast volume of water. It is believed that 
a large part of it comes from the hills far to the northwest. It is claimed that 
chaff put into the cave on the John Bomberger farm on the Manheim road two 
miles away reached the Springs by way of a subterranean stream. Lititz 
creek from its source to the Conestoga (into which it empties at Pinetown) 
furnished power in the past for five large grist mills, a cord mill at Rome and a 
private mill on the Moses Buch farm. 

The Springs earlier was called Carter's Creek, so named by James 
Carter, an Englishman, who was one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Lititz 
and Warwick. Carter, who is buried near Millport, came from Warwickshire, 
from which fact Warwick township derives its name. 

Early in the century the enclosure was used as a place for watering cattle 
from the church farm. The young men conceived the idea of fitting up the 
place as a pleasure ground and were reluctantly granted an acre, the 

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authorities fearing such a " Lushtpiatz " would engender too much worldliness. 
They fitted it up with arbors, by tree planting and otherwise, working Saturday 
afternoon and evenings. In 1843 the first of a series of Fourth of July 
Celebrations for raising revenue was held by selling refreshments, at which $12 
was realized. Four hundred candles were used on the occasion. Celebrations 
were held as early as 1 8 1 8. 

From this time on additions were made from time to time, swampy places 
were filled up and walks made along the stream and an entrance opened from 
North Broad Street in 1844. The only entrance originally was from Maple 
Street, opposite the old brewery. In 1856 the sandstone founts and coping 
were placed at and around the pool, the coping being extended to the first bridge 
and the walls further down stream. The Colemans contributed the sandstone in 
the rough. Their hauling, dressing and placing involved an outlay of $1500. 
which sum was advanced by Jacob Tshudy, father of Haydn H. Tshudy. To 
clear this debt the Fourth of July Celebrations were begun, at which entrance 
fees were charged and have been continued annually since. The committee 
of public-spirited men who carried the work to completion was John Beck. 
Jacob Tshudy and Samuel Lichtenthaler. 

For a period of about ten years, between the dates of 1844 and 1856, 
the spring grounds were given into the custody of the late John Beck, principal 
of the Liritz Academy, who took great pains in beautifying it and spent 
considerable money in planting trees and otherwise improving it. It was a 
favorite resort of the Academy boys, many of them aiding in the work of 
their beloved tutor. 

The receipts hom the annual Fourth of July Celebrations together with 

some revenue derived from picnics is used to keep the grounds in repair 

and make improvements. The park is the property of the Moravian Congregation. 

but the grounds are free to the citizens as if they were a public park. 

The church derives no revenue therefrom but the Spring Committee annually 

makes a donation to the Sunday School according to the receipts during 
the year. 

Besides the attraction of the beautiful stream and an abundance 
of shade trees, the visitor always lingers to look at the lion head cut in the solid 
rock along the north path by artist Augustus Beck, now of Harrisburg. In the 
wall at the head of the Springs a stone tablet was placed recently by Paul and 
Herbert Beck and their father, on which is engraved in German " Gottes 
Bruennlein hat Wasser die Fulle," translated into English this reads " God's 
rount is never failing." 

The idea of making the Springs a picnic ground never entered 
the minds of the men who started the improvements. After the railroad 

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was built in 1 863 parties from Reading and elsewhere came and the picnics 
finally becaune a permanent feature. As a place for Sunday Schools and 
associations for a day's outing no better place can be found. The first 
picnickers found no accomodations in the way of shelter or otherwise. 

Adjoining the Spring Grounds and under the control of the committee 
is a spacious base ball ground auid tennis court. Adjoining these grounds on 
the south cuid the Spring Grounds on the west is the standpipe and power 
house of the Lititz Water Company in a two-acre enclosure. 

The present Spring Committee consists of Dr. J. H. Shenk, President '< 
C. W. Grosh, Secretary-Treasurer ; C. H. Kreider, J. B. Leib, W. H. Muth. 




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By MISS A. V. GROSH 

NE of the organizations which works for the moral and religious 
welfare of Lititz is the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 
On May 23, 1884, under the auspices of the Lancaster W. C. 
T. U., Narcissa E. White (Mrs. Kinney) spoke in the Moravian 
Sunday School Chapel. At the conclusion of her address on 
" How shall the question (temperance) be solved," the Rev. John 
Taylor Hamilton, a member of the Synod then in session; briefly 
exhorted " to strike while the iron is hot " and not let the occasion pass without 
organizing for temperance work. Miss White then organized the Lititz 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of fifteen members, with Mrs. A. L. 
Wolle as President. 

On February 12, 1885, a Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union 
was organized, Elizabeth Kemper (Mrs. Souders) being the first President. The 
young women in turn directed their activities to the instruction of the children, 
and on May 6, 1885, organized a Band of Hope, of seventy members. This 
branch of the work is now known as the Loyal Temperance Legion and 
consists of two divisions, the junior and the senior, which together number 1 70 
members. The Junior Legion meets on alternate Saturday afternoons in the 
Sunday School Chapel. Upon the completion of the course of study on the 
effects of alcohol upon the mind, the body, the pocket book and the nation, 
the juniors are admitted to the Senior Legion as graduates. Seventy boys and 
girls have passed examinations and received state diplomas. 

After ten years of work as separate organizations the W. C. T. U. and 
the Y. W. C. T. U. joined forces under the name of the Lititz W. C. T, U, 
On October 28, 1902, the second Y. W. C. T. U. was organized by Miss 
Amanda Landes, of Millersville State Normal School. Katharine Bobst was 
elected President. The Y's now number 24 regular and 2 honorary members. 
All these various branches are auxiliary to the local W, C, T. U., which 
in turn is auxiliary to the county, state, national and world unions. The Lititz 
union has 1 28 regular, 29 honorary (men), and 3 contributing members. TTie 
principles are set forth in the mottoes : " For God and Home and Every 
Land " and " Total abstinence for the individual and prohibition for the nation." 
The methods of work are along the lines of prevention and education. 

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Accordingly, early in its life, the W. C. T. U. maintained a public reading 
room until the organization of the Y. M. C. A. The scope of the work is seen 
in the number of departments adopted, each with its own superintendent. The 
following are the departments : Evangelistic, Sabbath Observance, Purity, 
Mercy, Flower Mission, Press, Temperance Instruction in Public Schools, 
Social Meetings, Mothers' Meetings, Y. W. C. T. U., Loyal Temperance 
Legion, Little Temperance Light Bearers, Legal and Legislative, Temperance 
and Prohibition Literature. 

WfCxttXB 

Miss a. VIRGINIA GROSH, President 

Mrs. ELLA L. HESS, Vice President and Corresponding Secretary 

Mrs. J. M. BAKER, Recording Secretary 

Miss E. E. WOLLE, Treasuret 

Mrs. charlotte GRUBE, Superintendent Loyal Temperance Legions 

f. m 01. at. 1. 

Miss LILLIE WORKMAN, President 

Miss MAGDELENE BRICKER, Vice President 

Miss BESSIE WEITZEL, Secretary Miss ANNA BRICKER, Treasurer 




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Stevens Post, No. 517, G. A. R. 

URSUANT to a call issued sometime previously twelve honorably 
discharged soldiers met at the Sturgis House, March 1 3, 1 886, to 
consider the feasibility of organizing a Post of the Grand Army of 
the Republic. This preliminary meeting 
(followed by several others) finally resulted 
in Stevens Post, No. 5 I 7, G. A. R. 

The post was installed May 7, 1 886^ 

by Department Commander, John P. S. Gobin, in what 

is now known as Brobst's Hall. After the installation 

services (among others) General Gobin and the Hon. 

Maniot Brosius delivered stirring addresses to their soldier 

comrades. Twenty-two joined the post at the time, 

only eight of whom are now members in good standing. 

During the nineteen years of its existence the post 

enrolled seventy-three members, but suspensions and 

death have thinned the ranks considerably. 

Until May 7, 1 898, the post paid death benefits but on account of 

the decrease in its membership a pro rata settlement involving the sum of 

$1 154.50 was made, since which time the post is no longer beneficial. Its 

regular meetings are held the first Saturday of every month in the same hall in 

which the installation services were held nineteen years ago. The post annually 

decorates the graves of deceased soldiers at Kissel Hill, Lexington, Brunnerville, 

Brickerville and Rothsville, ninety-six such graves being decorated Decoration 

Day of this year (1905). 

Morning Star Temple, No. 70, L. of G. E. 

MORNING Star Temple, No. 70, Ladies of the Golden Eagle, was 
instituted June 22, 1 895, in the K. of P. Hall, now known as Brobst's 
Hall, by District Grand Templar, Miss Katie Reinfried, of Lancaster. 
The charter members numbered thirty-four. The membership at the present 
time has reached the goodly number of one hundred and eleven. 

The temple has paid out in benefits and 
special donations $1650; it has buried 3 
members. The order has a financial value of about $ I 300. It meets the 
first and third Wednesdays of each month. 

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A banquet followed 



Court Litltz, No. 296, Foresters of America 

COURT Lititz, No. 296, Foresters of America, the third youngest of 
of Lititz secret orders, was instituted April 27, 1904, at Rudy's Hall 
by Court Lancaster, No. 125. Twenty-one were received into 
membership on the night of institution. The 
order now numbers seventy members and is in 
a flourishing condition. 

Lititz Castle, No. 19, A. O. K. of M. C. 

LITITZ Castle, No. 19, Ancient Order 
Knights of Mystic Chain was instituted 
November 25, 1899, by Past Com- 
mander, D. K. Rettew, of Columbia, assisted 
by the degree team, of Lancaster Castle, No. 
4. Thirty-five members were initiated on the 
night of institution which took place in Bomberger's Hall 
at Habecker's restaurant. 

The castle has paid out in sick and death benefits the sum of $744, and 
has buried four members. Its treasury shows a financial value of $525.75. 
During the first five years of its lifetime the 
membership has increased to one hundred and 
eleven. Of the original thirty-five members 
twenty are still active in the work of the order. 
The order meets every Saturday evening in Rudy's 
Hall. 

The castle celebrated its five-year anniversary 
November 24, 1 894. 

Lititz Assembly, No. 48, Daughters of Naomi, of the 
A. O. K. of M. C. 

THE Lititz Assembly, No. 48, Daughters of Naomi, of the Ancient Order 
Knights of the Mystic Chain was instituted in Rudy's Hall, December 
7, 1904, by Grand Commander, Mrs. Annie L. 
Schadt, assisted by the degree staff of the Lancaster 
Assembly No. 36. Twenty-seven candidates were 
initiated on the night of institution. The order now 
numbers forty-four. The lodge meets every Monday 
evening in what is now known as Brobst's Hall, formerly 
known as Bomberger's Hall. The outlook for a 
flourishing order is very bright. New members are constantly being added. 

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Lititz Springs Council, No. 197, Jr. O. U. A. M. 

LITITZ Springs Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics was 
instituted February 19, 1897, in Bomberger's Hall, now known as 
Brobst's Hall. Deputy State Councillor, W. J. Gundaker, of Lancaster, 
conducted the institution, fifty-one joining the order at the 
time. At the present time the order numbers one 
hundred and fifty-one. 

During the eight years of its existence the council 
has paid out in benefits $7587.89. It has buried one 
member and the wives of three members. The order 
met in K. of P. Hall until November, 1 900, when the 
meeting place was changed to Rudy's Hall, where its 
sessions are held since. It meets regularly every Friday 
evening. 

Lititz Camp, No. 561, P. O. S. of A. 

STATE President, Charles H. Stees, of Phila- 
delphia, assisted by the degree staff of 
Lancaster Camp No. 557 instituted Lititz 
Camp No. 561, Patriotic Order Sons of America^ 
September 30, 1904. The instituting ceremonies 
were held in Rudy's Hall. Forty-two candidates 
were initiated the same evening. The camp now 
has fifty-eight on its rolls. Regular meetings are 
held every Thursday evening in Brobst's Hall. 
Garfield Castle, No. 76, K. G. E. 

GARFIELD Castle, No. 76, Knights of the Golden Eagle was instituted 
March 3, 1 886, by Grand Chief, George W. Crouch, of Philadelphia, 
thirty members being admitted on the night of institution, seventeen of 
whom are members at the present time. 

The castle was instituted in the building known 
as Concert Hall. In April of the same year the 
castle moved into Bomberger's Hall, where itg 
sessions were held for fourteen years. Since 
December, 1900, the castle holds its sessions in 
Rudy's Hall. 

During the nineteen years of its existence the 
castle buried sixteen members and the waves of ten 
members ; it has paid in sick and death benefits 
$ 1 2092.65. At the present time the castle has a total valuation of $5623.00, 
with a membership of 226. It meets regularly every Tuesday evening. 

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The castle celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of its institution March 
2, 1904, entertaming two hundred and fifty guests. 

Lilitz Lodge, No. 253, K. of P. 

LITITZ Lodge. No. 253, Knights of Pythias was instituted May 20. 
1870, in the building now occupied by Fleming Brothers, where the 
lodge held its meetings for some time. More suitable quarters were 
then obtzuned in the building now occupied by E. C. 
Ritchie. After meeting here for 8 or 9 years the 
lodge moved April 3, 1879, into what was then the 
only house south of the Warwick House, now used 
as a machine shop. In 1 880 Concert Hall became 
ihe meeting place, when the lodge became the sole 
lessees of Bomberger's Hall, which was dedicated with 
public ceremonies. After meeting here for 1 4 years 
the order moved, December, 1 900, into Rudy's Hall, 
the present qucirters. 

The lodge held its regular meetings every Friday evening until November 
16, 1877, when the time was changed to Thursday evening. 

Twenty-one members were received at the first meeting of whom five 
are on the rolls at the present time. About five hundred names have been 
enrolled since the institution. 

During the thirty-five years of its existence the lodge has buried forty-three 
members and the wives of twenty-one members; it has paid out in special 
donations and sick and death benefits $22480. The total financial value 
of the lodge at present is $4359.00. The present 
membership numbers two hundred fifty-six. 

Lititz Lodge, No. 1050, L O. O. F. 

ITITIZ Lodge, No. 1050, I. O. O. F. was organ- 
ized July 17, 1892, by Deputy Grand Master 
Munch, of Reading. The petition for a charter 
was signed by 23 Odd Fellows aind twenty candidates 
for initiation. The institution took place in Bomberger's 
Hall, where the lodge held its sessions for eight years. 
In November, 1900 the meeting place was changed to 
Rudy's Hall, where the lodge has held its sessions sirce. 

The lodge has paid out in benefits and special donations the sum of 
$2370.02 ; it has buried four members and the wives of two members. The 
membership at the present time numbers 105. The lodge meets every 
Monday evening. 

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The first house in Warwick, occupied the present site of L. H. Shelly's 
store. It was removed from the lot now owned by Samuel Stark, at the 
corner of North Broad and Front Streets, in 1 754, when George Klein deeded 
his farm to the Moravian Congregation. It was replaced by the present Shelly 
store building in 1879. 



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HIS VALEDICTORY LETTER. EMBRACING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 

RISE AND PROGf^SSOFTHE LITITZ ACADEMY FOR BOYS. AS WELL 

AS OF HIM WHO FOUNDED AND MANAGED THE SAME FOR 

HALF A CENTURY. WRITTEN BY PARTICULAR REQUEST. 

1815 TO 1865. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION OF A R. BECK. 

FROM A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF THE LITITZ 

ACADEMY FOR BOYS. PUBLISHED IN 1865 

Utiz, May 31. 1865. 
To My Former Pupils: 

My Dear Friends : During the period of fifty years in which I have 
been engaged as a teacher of youth, mainy of you, whose names are herein 
recorded, have asked me to publish a Catalogue, together with my personal 
history, as also that of the school. 

On all such occasions, I promised to comply whenever I should resign my 
occupation as a teacher ; and that period of my life having arrived, I proceed 
to the task. Catalogues containing the names of attending pupils, together 
with terms and regulations, are generally published annually by Principals of 
schools, for the inducement of future patronage ; but the object of this pam- 
phlet is not such. It is the first ever issued by me, and merely contains the 
names of those who have been in my care for fifty years. For these it is 
issued as a token of reference, and as such I present it to you. I have adopted 
the form of a familiar letter for the following items concerning my own per- 
soncJ history and the rise and progress of the school, as the best medium for 
an unrestrained and characteristic chat with those, who no longer moving 
within my own sphere of action, are still vividly remembered and cherished 
by me. 

I was born at Graceham, Frederick Co., Maryland, on the 1 6th of June, 
1 79 1 , and in my sixth year moved with my parents to Lancaster Co., Penn- 
sylvania, into the neighborhood of Mount Joy, whence, after a lapse of two 
years we repaired to Lebanon Co. (Bethel), near the Blue Mountains. There 
being no schools in that vicinity at that time, my parents determined to send 
me to Nazareth Hall. At this school I remained until my fifteenth year ; I 
did not leave it as a very bright scholar ; whether from lack of capacity, or 
whether from want of proper training to suit my case, I know not, but the 
testimoniaJ I received on leaving, was an unfavorable one ; nevertheless, what 

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little I had acquired served me well, as you all know. Whatever deficiency, 
in the learning of the books may have been apparent, it is to this school that I 
am indebted fcr the first religious impressions made upon my young heart ; a 
lasting source of gratitude, which wells up within me whenever 1 visit venerable 
eld Nazareth Hall. My education being found deficient, it was determined 
by my parents that I should learn a mechanical trade, and my own inclination 
tended towards Cabinet making ; but myparents, who desired to place me in 
the care of a religious and strictly moral man, failing to find one in that 
occupation v^hose views in that regard accorded with their own, proposed 
to rr.e to tecome ihe apprentice of a shoemaker, whom they believed worthy 
of their confidence. I felt much disinclined, but having learned the good lesson 
of filial obedience at Nazareth Hall, I complied, and accordingly was sent to 
Litiz in the year 1805, for that purpose. Here I was more fortunate in 
acquiring a knowledge of the business than I had been at Nazareth in my 
educational pursuits, and on the day of my freedom my master gave me a highly 
favorable testimony ; he pronounced me the best and fzistest workman, as well 
as the most faithful apprentice boy he ever had in his employ, and in order to 
testify still further his good feeling toward me, presented me an elegant 
suit of clothes, and fifty dollars. It was but a short time after I had gained my 
Ireedom, when I wcis asked to take charge of the village school at Litiz ; an 
offer tendered because of my great fondness of children as well as their peurtiality 
toward me. Fond as i was of them, I felt constTciined to decline, well aware 
of the deficiency of my education, and loth to leave a trade which 1 had 
mastered so thoroughly. At two successive periods 1 was again asked to take 
charge of the school, but refused for reasons stated. In the year 1812, it so 
happened that there were five apjwentice boys in the village, whose mcisters 
were bound by indenture to send them for some months to school, but the 
regulations of the village school at that time precluding the admission of boys 
over twelve years of age, they called upon me to teach them three evenings in 
a week, offering me two shillings and six-pence (then the currency) for every 
session. I consented to make a trial, but the undertaking appeared to me very 
much as when the blind undertake to lead the blind. Fortunately for me, I 
found them on the first evening of our meeting very deficient, and when I 
realized my ability to teach thein something, labor became converted into 
pleasure; at the expiration of the term, I received much praise from both 
masters and the boys, who publicly and privately extolled the results of my 
humble efforts ; these reports of my success spread over the whole village, and 
it was once more determined by the citizens to ask me to take charge of the 
village school ; this time, by a *letter, signed by all Fathers and Mothers who 
'Now Iramed and hung in the library of his son, A. R. Beck. 

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JOHN BECK, 1791-1S73 

The Eminent Educator, Founder, and Principal of 

Lititz Academy for 50 years, 1.S15-1S65 



had sons to send to school. The final conclusion cost me much consideration, 
from reasons already stated. I consulted a number of my friends, and among 
others also with my former master, who encouraged me to make a trial, saying, 
" Who knows to what it may lead ; you may possibly become a more useful 
man than if you remain a shoemaker. As long as you were in my shop, I 
always thought you were predestined for some other occupation ; your great 
attachment for children, who as you know are constantly clinging around you, led 
me to think so." I finally determined to make a trial, and I was accordingly 
introduced to my future charge, consisting of twenty-two boys, on the 2nd of 
January, 1815, by the Rev. Andrew Benade, who was then pastor of the 
Litiz congregation, and under whose care and direction the school stood at 
that time. 

Before I proceed, allow me to give you some account of the school 
house in which I commenced my teacher's career. It stood on the site of the 
present lwo-£tory brick building, which bears the appellation, " Boys' Academy." 
It was originally built for a blacksmith shop, although in later years it served as 
a potash manufactory, while its age, judging from the figures on the vane, 
1 754, must have been 61 years. The size of this primitive school-house was 
about 30 by 24 feet, but the room itself only about 24 feet square, and poorly 
lighted by four small windows, and its roof covered with tiles, the ceiling very 
low, the inside walls exceedingly rough and dark, and on one side a fire-place, 
a receptacle of the blacksmith's bellows in former times ; immediately at the 
entrance there was a small bojurd-constructed corridor, partly to keep the cold 
out, and in part to serve the boys as a place to hang up their hats ; the sehool 
apparatus consisted of a flat table about 1 6 feet in length, the legs of which 
being tressels, did not stand steadily, but rocked backward and forward 
through the least movement of the boys who were seated around it on two 
long benches. When compared with the school houses of the present, it was 
certainly a poor affair, yet when we except the Ladies' Seminary it was at that 
time the best in Warwick township, the township in which Litiz is located. 
My first pupils were from seven to twelve years of age ; a few of them, tolerably 
well advanced, that is, according to the standard by which I, at that time, 
estimated education ; they were all German children, and one of the duties 
with which I had been charged, was, to teach them to speak English, an 
accomplishment in which their teacher himself was then imperfect. Here 
allow me to pay a passing tribute to Mr. Christian Shroff, my predecessor. He 
was a most worthy old gentleman, who had retained charge of the school for 
a number of years, but finally old age and defective eyesight had rendered him 
incapable of a longer continuance in the situation, leading the parents of the 
village to desire a young man for his place. His rare virtues will long be 

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remembered by many who enjoyed his instructions, and who, from his precept 
and example have become very useful men. 

The objects I had in view at the outset were, firstly, to gain the affections 
of my pupils, and secondly, to improve myself, and finally to instruct them so 
far as lay within me, with energetic faithfulness ; English and German Reading, 
Spelling and Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, and Grammar, were the 
branches required. At the close of the first term, I held, according to the 
custom of those days, a public examination, in the church. All of the 
paurents, as well as many others attended, anxious to see what success had 
attended my initial efforts ; contrary to my expectations all were much pleased 
with what they had seen and heard, a source of so much encouragement as to 
induce me to venture upon another term. A second examination again proved 
satisfactory, and as I had become so thoroughly attached to both school and 
the children, I resolved to devote my future life to the welfare of youth, and to 
remain a teacher as long as God should grant me health and strength, 
and furthermore to qualify myself more and more for the important situation. 
In spite of this resolve, youthful ambition frequently prompted me to essay some 
other more lucrative calling. At all such times it seemed as if a small still 
voice within admonished me, " Remain where you are ! " and blessed be God 
that I obeyed it ; nor, when I am about closing my life, will I cease thanking 
Him for having made my calling and predestination in this world, that of 
a teacher, an occupation in which, I trust, I have in some measure been 
instrumental in doing something for the welfare of some of my fellow mortals. 

Many were the methods introduced by me for the improvement of my 
pupils, and for their readier advancement in that which I had acquired by close 
application; indeed, I might fill sheets with accounts thereof, but such like 
details would probably not prove interesting to you. In order to improve 
myself, as well as to place the school on a better footing, considerable outlays 
proved necessary, and I was generally in debt at the end of the year, my salary 
being but $200, by no means sufficient to defray all the expenses. When my 
patrons engaged me, they held out as an inducement that I should be free 
on Saturdays, thus allowing me time to make a pair of shoes, an opportunity 
to earn something extra towards the increase of my yearly income. Once out 
of the routine of shoemaking, I never made another pair, but adopted another 
expedient, that of engraving tombstone epitaphs, which I considered more 
profitable ; and as I had acquired a slight knowledge of painting, I undertook 
to paint signs, and to ornament chairs for a chairmaker. In this wise I was 
enabled to earn something toward my own advancement and that of the 
school. In 1 8 1 8 an offer was tendered me from Bethlehem to take charge 
of the parochial school, at a salary of $300 ; but when my patrons heard it, 

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they refused to part with me, and as the School had increased considerably by 
accessions from the surrounding neighborhood, and commenced to yield 
considerably more than $200, it was proposed to overturn it entirely into my 
hands with permission to make my own terms ; this induced me to remain. As 
above said, I adopted various methods to stimulate the ambition of my pupils ; 
one of them, I must mention, since it led to the conversion of my humble little 
school into a Boarding Academy, an eventuality which I never had in view. I 
had prepared a number of Badges of Honor of various sizes and colors, each 
one containing a motto of praise in bright gilt letters, and otherwise beautifully 
ornamented ; when hung up along the wall of the school-room, they presented 
a handsome appearance, and contrasted most pleasingly with the rough and 
dark walls thereof; on each a number, such as 10, 20, 30, 40, &c., was 
painted, whilst a strap with a button attached, served to suspend them to the 
breast of any boy who had recited best in the various branches of his class, and 
enabled the recipient conveniently to carry the badge of distinction to his parents. 
A regular account was then kept, and at the close of the morning and evening 
exercises, each of those who had received one of them, obtained a credit for the 
number on its face. At the expiration of a month, all such credits were added 
together, and the boy who had the highest number, was gladdened with some 
such prize as a book, knife, etc. Any one who conducted himself improperly, 
lost all that he had gained. This method had an astonishing effect upon every 
boy, and they applied themselves to their lessons, early and late, each one 
energetically striving for the highest numbers. Now it so happened one day 
in the year 1819, that two gentlemen from Baltimore visited Litiz, and when 
casually passing through the village, met the boys bearing some of these badges. 
Attracted by the novel appearance, they stopped the boys and asked an 
explanation, which the boys promptly gave them, but they did not come to see 
me in the old shop. On their return to Baltimore, it so happened that a 
certain Mr. V., having a son, whom he wished to place somewhere in a 
school, consulted the aforesaid gentlemen on the subject ; they recommended 
him to Litiz, alleging, from what they had seen, the probable existence of a 
good school there. Mr. V. at once determined to come to Litiz on a 
reconnoitering expedition, arrived on a Saturday, and found me engaged in 
painting, assuredly not in a plight to make a favourable impression on a parent 
who was seeking a teacher for his son. His first enquiry, " whether the 
teacher resided here ?" having been responded affirmatively, was followed by 
a second, " Could I get to see him ?"* to which I replied, " I aan the person." 
" Well, sir," said he, " 1 have come from Baltimore to see whether you will 
receive my son as a pupil." " My dear sir," I rejoined, abashed, " I have no 
Boarding School, I merely instruct the village boys ; you have been misin- 

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formed ; there Is a Ladles' Seminary here, but none for boys.' " No sir I have 
not been misinformed," said he, " your school is highly spoken of in Baltimore, 
and I have been recommended to you." * Why," said I, in utter astonish- 
ment," who should knovv^ anything there of me or my school ; 1 have not been 
there, nor do I know a single person in the city." He then recounted to me 
what the two strangers had related to him, expiating at length upon their strong 
recommendations of the school, as well as the village. He insisted upon the 
admission of his son, and I as steadily continued to refuse. After a long 
conversation upon the subject, he finally said, " Mr. Beck, think the matter 
over, I shall meanwhile go to the hotel and dine ; will you call there this 
afternoon for further conversation on the subject ? " Upon my arrival at the 
hotel, he met me at the door, and exclaimed, " It is needless for you to say no, 
I have taken a liking to you, and you must receive my son; if you ask $500 
a year, I will pay it to you." Still shrinking from so great a responsibility, I 
proposed to show him my Academy, hoping that a glance at the old Blacksmith 
Shop would change his mind — arrived there, my first remark to him was, " This 
is my Academy, surely you would not fancy your son's admission into so mean 
a building." His reply much astonished me : " You need no better recommen- 
dation than this humble building, and the sequestered village about it, where my 
son may be safely removed from the temptations and perils incident to life in a 
metropolis." Hereupon I finally, but reluctantly, agreed to receive his son, who 
arrived ten days later, accompanied by his mother. I tried my best to persuade 
her not to leave him here, but she, like Mr. V., at once became equally 
prepossessed, not only with Litiz, but with my humble schoolroom, remarking, "In 
just such a school I want my son to be educated." After imparting many 
parental admonitions to her son, she left him in my charge on the 30th of 
August, 1819, on which day I entered him in school, cherishing the fond hope 
that as he was the first, he would be the last one I would receive fxom abroad. 
Little did I imagine on that day, my future destiny to be the educator of 
many hundred boys, who would be brought to me from nearly all the States in 
the Union. In God's Providence it has, however, come to pass during 50 
years, as the Catalogue shows. About four weeks after Master V. had entered, 
five more came from Baltimore, all sons of highly respectable families. *They 
arrived without preliminary application, and I was much concerned what to do 
with them, for I was deficient in boarding accomodations; but it nevertheless 
really appeared, as though a Higher Hand had regulated the matter, for family 
after family in the village offered to receive not only the newcomers, but a 
number of others who soon followed ; these five boys also came on the reccom- 



* He knew nothing of their coming. Quite unexpectedly to him the carriage containing 
the boys stopped before the blacksmith shop while school was in session.— -A. R. B. 

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mendation of the two gentlemen who had reccommended the school to Mr. V. 

In proportion as the school increased, the old building was found too small, 
and it was determined to tear it away and erect a larger house on its site ; 
accordingly, in the early part of 1822, the dingy blacksmith shop was taken 
down, and on the 25th of September following, I moved the school into the 
new building. Spacious and comfortable as I now deemed my room, constant 
accessions to the number of my pupils, soon rendered futher extensions desirable. 
Experience had taught me, that quite young pupils cannot be properly consorted 
with those older and more advanced. I therefore proposed to those parents of 
the village, who had small boys, the establishment of a primary school ; but as 
such an arrangement was unheard of in those days, in these parts, the project met 
with little favor. Thinking that the additional expense thereof constituted the 
chief objection, I offered to bear that myself, an offer which secured their 
acquiescence ,and I forthwith had a small building adapted to the purpose, 
wherein I placed the widow of my master in the shoemaking trade as teacher ; 
(Mrs. Elizabeth Traeger) she was a well educated lady, and I felt happy to be 
enabled to afford her an occupation by which she might be able to make 
a living, which she really needed. By this arrangement I gained more room 
and a considerable diminution of labor. 

In the year 1826 my health declined rapidly, through much speaking and 
over exertion ; my lungs became affected, attended with a bad cough, and I 
was exhausted to such an extent that physicians deemed recovery hopeless ; yet, 
after some time, I was again convalescent.* During this protracted spell of ill 
health, I had dismissed the school, but when fully restored, all the boys speedily 
returned. 

As the school increaaed, I felt the want of a play-ground which the boys 
should be able to call their own, and wherein to ply their various youthful 
sports, undisturbedly ; but the difficulty, how and where to locate the same, so 
as not to prove an incumbrance to the residents of the town, arose. I had 
heard descriptions of Fellenburg's Institution at Hofuryl, in Germany, and the 
arrangement of his playground ; but to establish one on so complete and large 
a scale as his, seemed out of question in my case, yet I determined to essay it 
on a smaller plan. A lot about one and one-fourth acres in size was secured ; 
it was a very uneven piece of ground, which required to be graded, a task 
accomplished by the boys after school hours, who all went to work with 
pleasure and without bidding. Doubtless, those who assisted, and may chance 
to read this, will remember the happy time we experienced while working 
together; this happened in 1830. The play-ground underwent some changes 

*He attributed his recovery, under God, to a goat's milk diet, recommended by Dr. 
Fahnesfock.---A. R. B. 

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from time to time, owing to particular circumstances. Let me describe it, as it 
appeared at first, and then the changes which took place, which may prove 
interesting to you. It was surrounded by an enclosure seven feet high, and three 
gates opened into the vacant space ; over the large, or central one, there was 
an arch with the inscription, in gilt letters, as a perpetual monitor, " In all your 
actions and amusements avoid profane language and quarrels." Opposite these 
places of entrance, arose a high ball-alley, with a shed attached, wherein the 
boys might store away their gardening implements, and apparatus used in 
various games and amusements. Along the sides of the enclousure, small 
gardens, nine feet by four square, were laid out and enclosed in a plank frame, 
whereof each boy had one to cultivate. Between the gardens and the main 
space reserved for games of ball, &c., there was an avenue of trees intended 
for a riding course, for I desired to imitate Fellenburg also in this particular, 
deeming it a source of much pleasure to the boys, beneficial to their health and 
useful as an accomplishment. To further this end, I purch ased two ponies, 
and that all might suit together, had a small saddle made. When all was 
complete, the spot possessed great beauty, and when some seventy or eighty 
boys were seen amusing themselves in all the exuberance of healthy spirits, some 
riding, some playing ball, others cultivating their gardens, the appearance was 
at once pleasant and inspiriting ; indeed it grew to be one of the attractions of 
Litiz, and was visited by all strangers who chanced to come that way. No 
doubt many of you perusing this simple narrative, will remember the happy times 
you spent there. Thus the grounds continued for several years when I found 
It necessary to make some change ; some of the gardens were kept in fine order 
by their owners, but others neglected theirs, and it not unfrequently happened, 
that indolent and neglectful boys filched plants and flowers from the gardens of 
those who had cultivated them, transplanting them into their own ; all this 
naturally gave rise to quarrels and unhappy feelings, and I therefore determined 
to remove the gardens. Various circumstances also led to a discontinuation of 
the riding exercises, after they had existed three years. Notwithstanding 
these alterations, the play-ground remained an attractive spot for the boys, until 
the now celebrated spring grew into favor, by reason of its extraordinary 
natural beauties, and the great improvements made there, when they preferred 
going there. It remained in existence until the present year 1865, when in 
accordance with an extended plan of the village, a street was opened along its 
site, an alley opened through it, the trees were cut down and the enclosure 
taken away. 

In 1832 Mr. John Rickert, whom many of you remember, offered as an 
Assistant Teacher, his services to me. Well aware of his qualifications, I readily 
accepted his offer, realizing how much the school must be improved thereby, 

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and how materially I should be relieved of some of my duties. A short sketch 
of Mr. Rickert may not be out of place here, as it may prove interesting 
to those of you who were in his class. He entered my school in 1816, in his 
9th year, and soon manifesled extraordinary talents, rising rapidly to the fore- 
most rank of all my scholars. At 1 2 years of age his father intended to take 
him from school, unable to afford the expense any longer, and his intention was, 
to hire him out to some farmer, in whose employ the lad might earn something 
for him. I deemed it a pity that so bright a boy should be hired out to menial 
work upon a farm, and offered the father the advantages of my school 
gratuitously for his son, guaranteeing to provide him with any books he might 
need. The old gentleman assented to this. In his 1 4 th year, I made him an 
usher and he assisted me daily, after his own recitations, for about three hours 
in hearing classes. At the age of 1 5, he left School, and after a short attempt 
at a mechanical trade, which proved prejudicial to his health, he entered a store, 
where he remained for some time ; thence he repaired to Lebanon county to 
teach school, and finally entered Nazareth Hall as one of the faculty. After 
remaining in that Institution for several years, he offered his services to me, 
believing such to be his duty, since I had laid the foundation to his excellent 
qualifications. The school now assumed a different character, as through 
his accession, new features were introduced, particularly the higher branches of 
Mathematics, Natural Science, &c. It was found necessary to open another 
room, which I was so fortunate to obtain in the large stone building, the whole 
of which I now occupy. About that time, I also engaged Mr. Augustus Christ, 
who for a time assisted me in my room. Both Mr. Rickert and Mr. Christ are 
no more ; Mr. Rickert died after having been with me seventeen, and Mr. 
Christ twenty-seven years. We three teachers labored harmoniously together 
the boys were all happy, and through very favorable accounts of their progress, 
written home by them, more were induced to come, a circumstance that com- 
peUed me to make still greater extensions, so that we not only occupied the new 
brick building, but also the whole of the large building contiguous thereto. 

Although, our patrons were thus pleased with their sons' progress, it ever 
appeared at the close of the school year, as though much had been left undone. 
In order to remedy this, I determined to engage a third, and finally a fourth 
assistant teacher, and to open two more rooms, so that there should not be so 
many in the care of each tutor, thus enabling me to systemize or grade the 
school, and to offer ample justice to each pupil. The result of this regulation 
proved more satisfactory to me, and it has thus remained ever since. 

Although I had provided the Institution with some apparatus, it was not 
until the year 1833 that I purchased a complete Philosophical and Chemical 
apparatus, together with a Telescope, as well as a Library, Maps and Charts 

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for illustration ; in short, everything which seemed likely to facilitate the progress 
of my pupils. It was also at this period that the evening Lectures on various 
scientific subjects were introduced during the winter season, of which I am 
confident many of you harbor pleasing and profitable reminiscences ; they were 
given for a number of years in one of the school rooms, until the year 1850, when 
I built the two-story building adjoining the Academy ; the lower story intended 
as a Lecture Hall and for devotional exercises, while the upper was reserved for 
an additional school room, where German and Drawing might be taught more 
conveniently. 

After I had been a teacher a short time, I frequently felt a desire to have 
some communication with other teachers, in order to glean some experience from 
them, but in this I was doomed to disappointment, for it actually appeared in 
those days as if each teacher viewed the other with a jealous eye, and as 
though no sociability could exisit between them. I made frequent attempts to 
visit Educational Institutions, but always found myself an unwelcome visitor. 
Conventions and Institutes had not then inaugurated the present era of 
sociability and free interchange. Let me give you an instance ; in the year 
1820, the celebrated teacher, Joseph Lancaster, came to this country from 
England, in order to introduce his method, whereby he professed to instruct 
seven hundred children in a body, in all the various branches to perfection. My 
desire to see him and his school was great, for I expected to derive much 
benefit from it. Accordingly I undertook a journey to Baltimore, where he was 
teaching at the time, to pay him a visit. 1 arrived there in the evening 
and could scarcely wait until morning, so great was my anxiety to see him and 
his school operations. Hastening to the school as early as I thought proper, I 
encountered him at the door ; I grasped his hand most cordially, and introduced 
myself as a teacher, stating to him the object of my errand. His reply was, " I 
am very sorry for thee, I am not in the habit of admithng teachers into my school. 
Whereupon I endeavored to reason with him, telling him that I had heard and 
read much about him, had traveled one hundred miles to see him and his 
school, and that probably he might make an exception in my case, yet all to no 
purpose, for he reiterated once more, " I am sorry for thee," then turned his 
back upon me and left the room. 

In 1836 a happier period commenced to dawn, for it was then that 
sociability among teachers may be said to have taken the place of prejudice and 
bigotry, at least in Lancaster County. It was then that Josiah Holbrook called 
a Convention of teachers and fiiends of education to meet on the 1 8 th of 
August, at West Chester. I was the only one present from Lancaster County, 
and was chosen president thereof. It continued in session three days, and was 
truly a happy meeting, wherein nothing but kindness and good feeling prevailed. 

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We separated, each one pledging himself to establish teachers' associations 
in his own district, with the purpose of developing greater fraternity. Lancaster 
County was to be my field of operations. On my return 1 was so forfunate as 
to enlist a Mr. Flood, then a teacher in Lancaster, in the cause, and we called 
a meeting in the papers, without our signatures, inviting a!l teachers and friends 
of education to meet in the city of Lancaster on a certain day. The attend- 
ance was not Izurge, but all who appeared were of the right mind, and when 
I laid the subject before them, unanimously approved of it, cind a society was 
formed, called the " Lemcaster County Teachers' Lyceum," which thereafter 
met monthly, and from time to time increased in number. In order to extend 
its influences still further, and to enlist parents more seriously in the cause 
of education, I made it my duty to visit various parts of the county, and often 
addressed large audiences on the subject, both in English and German, and 
sometimes also delivered lectures on some interesting scientific subject. I also 
made it my duty, as often as I could spare time, to visit the schools around Litiz, 
with the view of imparting my experience to younger teachers. After some time 
I found myself a welcome visitor, and soon these and other teachers returned my 
visits, especially on Saturdays, an interchange which finally conduced to the end 
that for a number of years my establishment became during the months of 
August, September and October, a kind of Normal School, and continued thus 
until the Normal School at Millersville was established. \t was frequently 
remarked by those who noted my exertions, that I was injuring my own school, 
for they argued that with the improvement of other schools my own numbers 
must diminish. My reply invariably was, that without any fear of such a result, 
I considered it my duty to do so, for the benefit of so glorious a cause. After 
the Normal School at Millersville was opened, I no longer paid any attention 
to country schools, as ample provision was made for their furtherance. 

My great desire to contribute in some way or other to the promotion of moral 
and religious instruction conduced that I became interested in the various 
Sunday Schools in the neighborhood of Litiz ; and I may be permitted to say, 
that through my exertions, a number have been established, contrary to the 
opposition of the enemies of the cause. Many happy and blessed hours have 
I spent in the schools with parents and children. Concerning these visits and 
recurring Anniversaries, in various parts of Lancaster County, at which I was 
invited to speak, where often hundreds of people were assembled, I might give 
many pleasing incidents. I rejoice to know that under the blessing of God my 
labor has not been altogether in vain, and that I have made many favorable 
impressions, which I humbly hope and trust, will bear fruit for eternity. 

After several years of trial, it was found that the same system which 
I had introduced in the school-room, namely, a separation of the younger from 

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the older boys, must also be introduced in boarding them ; accordingly, in the 
year i 844, this arrangement was effected, and all the boys of the age of I 5 or 
over, who had until then boarded in private families, thenceforth boarded and 
lodged in the Academy building, a change which proved excellent in every 
respect, and in making the same, I may acknowledge with gratitude my good 
fortune in obtciining Mr. and Mrs. Francis Christ, to undertake the mauiage- 
ment thereof. 

The public examinations or entertainments formerly held were discontinued 
in the year I 838. Tfiose of you who were here in those times, will remember 
the large number of visitors who attended such occasions ; their discontinuation 
arose from the following valid reason. I for my part had become convinced 
that, however agreeable such occasions might prove to an audience, yet the 
preparation and excitement attendant thereon, proved a positive loss to the 
pupils, and that the valuable time thereby lost, could be more profitably spent 
m the ordinary educational routine ; besides this, they entailed an unnecessary 
expense upon parents. ''I was loth to change a cherished custom of long 
standing, such as this, fearing that the patrons of the school might disapprove of 
it, but I found myself mistaken in this particular, inasmuch eis I ascertained from 
conversation with them on the subject, that the greater portion held my own 
opinions concerning them, and they were accordingly discontinued without 
detriment to the patronage of the school, which has continued good ever since. 

I have no doubt all of you remember with pleasure our emnual excursions 
to the mountains for chestnuts, and the good dinners we enjoyed at Brickerville 
•on such occasions, as well as the pleasure rides to Columbia, Lancaster, &c., 
together with our Washington birthday celebrations sind fishing excursions. 
Those were, indeed, happy occasions, euid 1 often recall them eis the most joyfu! 
reminiscences of my school life. 

In reviewing the past history of the school, its humble beginning, and my 
imperfect qualifications at the time, as well as its extensive reputation, hcis often 
been a matter of surprise to me, and more so, as I never solicited any peurent 
for a pupil, nor ever inserted a single advertisement in ciny newspaper, soliciting 
patronage. It is certainly a remarkable circumstance, that 1 was instrumental in 
drawing so many boys to Litiz; find that I subsequently was pemutted to see 
the sons of memy of my pupils in my school. My pupils have comprised 
representatives from all parts of the Union, Cauiada emd the West Indies, while 
the year 1 864 to 1 865 has witnessed more numerous applications than ever 
previously. 1 rejoice to know that the greater part of those who have been 
entrusted to my care, and who are yet in the land of the living, are doing well 

*Besides this, he told Dr. Ziegler, of Mount Joy, that some fine, bright boys were so 
constituted that they could make no show at all-— quoted Nathan Blickenderfer as such a one. 

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d fill respectable situations. I do not ascribe this to my own labors, however 
I may have tried to develop the true qualities of manhood, and to foster the 
seeds of religion. No. To God. to Him to whom I have so often 
commended you, and on whom I have so often called to grant me wisdom and 
understanding, that I might instruct you aright, to Him be all the glory ! 

When I look around those of you whose whereabouts are withm the 
range of my actual knowledge, I find merchants, manufacturers, agriculturists, 
engineers, mechcuiics, ministers, lawyers, professors, officers of distmcbon m the 
army and navy, members of Congress and legislature, and in several mstances, 
those who have been sent by Government to foreign Courts. 

Among the many who have been here, John Gaehle, of Baltimore, was the 
only one who died at school, having been taken with the scarlet fever. 1 have 
no words to express my gratitude to God, now at the close of my teacher s 
career, that none of them lost their lives by accident or imprudence ; for, when 
I consider the heedlessness of some boys, their proneness to climb trees and 
otherwise expose themselves, what a wonder that all should have escaped as 
they did. Taking all circumstances into consideration, there was but little 
sickness, a blessing often made the subject of remark by many parents, as well 
as others who observed it. I think, however, that you will readily ascribe that 
in some measure to my continual vigilance over you, and the many and ort 
repeated instructions and admonitions given you in regard to health. 1 he late 
Dr. Hull, whom many of you knew well, used to say, " No doctor can expect 
to make money out of the school-boys so long as Mr. Beck has charge of them, 
for he is continually talking to them about their health." 

The number of male and female teachers who have assisted me at 
various periods during the half a century, consisted of fourteen male and lune 
female, as follows: 

Mr. John Rickert, Mr. George R. Barr, 

Augustus Christ, " Bernard De Schweinitz, 

" Elias Weller, Rev. Peter Wolle, 

Ferdinand Rickert, Miss Matilda Blickensderfer. 

Edwin Fetter, " Martha Beck, 

Charles Berg, " Angelica Reichel, 

William Hall, " Mary Heebner, 

" William L Bear. Mrs. Amelia Christ, 

George Hepp, " Joanna Beck, 

Adam Reidenbach. " Juliet Rickert, 

Abraham Beck, *' Ejnma Rickert. 

Mrs. Martha Hepp. 
The Rev. Peter Wolle and the ladies gave instruction in music 

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The whole number of pupils who were entrusted into my care during fifty 
years, is two thousand three hundred and twenty-six. 

And now my dear friends and pupils, allow me to close my letter, and to 
embrace the opportunity of bidding you ail farewell, on this day. May 3 1 , 
1865, when 1 am about to close my career as a teacher. Once more do I 
express my best wishes for your temporal and spiritual welfare, which I assure 
you will ever attend you. May God bless you all, and grant that you and I 
may, after this life, meet again in the mansions of eternal bliss, to part no 
more~Oh ! that will be joyful, to meet to part no more. 

Your humble teacher, 
JOHN BECK. 

His father, John Martin Beck~a teacher, minister and doctor-was a 
native of Switzerland. His mother was Anna Joanna Grube. Apprenticed 
to Gottfried Traeger he became a shoemaker but never followed his trade. 
On the second of February 1 8 1 9 he married Joanna Augusta Reinke. At the 
Golden Anniversary of their wedding he gave a lovefeast, in the church to the 
congregation and a dinner to his descendants and nearest friends at the Springs 
Hotel. 

For his calling he was especially gifted ; excelling as a teacher, it was a 
pleasure as well as ein advantage to be taught by him, and to experience his 
influence for good was to many a boy a blessing. Of a cheerful disposition 
and a winning personality, simple-hearted and guileless, he had yet a remarkable 
sense of character, so that he could measure a boy almost as soon as he first 
saw him. Impartially faithful to his pupils, whether they were of high or low 
estate, bright or dull ; scorning the use of sarcastic speech to a defenceless lad ; 
readily giving his kind word of commendation when it was deserved, and 
bringing to the settlement of difficulties in discipline a superb degree of tact, he 
won the absolute confidence of his patrons and the lasting love of his boys. 
The whole number of his pupils during fifty years was 2326. 

His activity, however, was not limited to his own educationaJ routine. 
The public schools of the place and the adjacent country, the Sunday Schools 
here and elsewhere, claimed his attention always ; cind ever appreciative of the 
beautiful, he planted, at his own expense, a great many of the trees that now 
yield their grateful shade in our Springs Park. 

His long and useful life, through wliich he never fauled to recognize his 
Heavenly Father's guidance, was perfectly rounded out by the voluntary 
assistance he gave, until within two weeks of his decease, in his son's private 
school for boys. 

He died February II, 1873 having exceeded the Biblical allotment of 
three score and ten by almost thirteen years. 



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COMPILED OCTOBER 25, 1905. NAMES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED 
BY FAMILIES WITH OCCUPATION, STREET AND HOUSE NUMBERS 

Adair John B., laborer, 1 28 S. Spruce. 
Adams John, teamster, rear 20 Front. 
" Ellen Mrs. 

Jennie, works knitting mill. 
Elsie, pupil. 
Edna, pupil. 
Adams Michael, engineer, 23 S. Spruce. 
Anna Mrs. 

Mabel, works knitting mill. 
Harry, works shoe factory. 
Anna, pupil. 
Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Co., C. G. Boyd, president; Henry R. 

Gibbel, secretary ; Israel G. Erb, treasurer ; I 3 E. Main. 
Aldridge Clinton E., waiter Park House, 26 N. Spruce. 
Althouse Andrew, fireman, N. Alley. 
Bertha Mrs. 
" Ida. 
Amer George M., wheelwright, 2 1 W. Orange. 
Louisa M., dressmaker. 
Katie, works box factory. 
Amer William, cigar box manufacturer and leaf tobacco, 1 1 8 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Charles, foreman box factory. 
Emma. 
Bachman Charlotte (widow Cornelius), boards, 1 6 Maple. 
Badorf Clement, farmer, 425 E. Main. 
Salinda Mrs. 

Elizabeth, works knitting mill. 
" Martha. 

Owen, pupil. 
Badorf Frank, hostler, I 7 S. Locust. 
" Martha Mrs. 

Haydn W., laborer. 
Baker Emanuel, cigarmaker, rear 36 S. Broad. 

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LITITZ, THE "BRETZEL TOWN" 

Famous for Years for Its Delicious Little Twists of Dough 

By JAMES J. HUEBENER 

Lititz with its picturesque streets, its beautiful surrounding country, its 
century-old Moravian Church with its unique ceremonies and Linden Hall 
Seminary for girls, beautiful Spring Grounds with its healthy water, its 
varied industries, its hospitable people and its glorious "Fourth of July" 
celebrations attracts many thousands of visitors every year. 

Traveling men, parents and friends of the Seminary scholars, relations 
and friends of the inhabitants, picnickers, sight-seers and leisure hunters, all 
come here with the subtle feeling that they will see something entirely out of 
the ordinar}'. Something to relieve their eyes of the tiresome city-street con- 
ventionality ; their ears and nerves of the hustle, noise and clatter of their 
business and home surroundings — and they find it. 

They find Lititz an ideal spot, virtually a flower garden in the midst of the 
wood and fiel^. They also find here a little Bretzel that is so different from 
ordinary city pretzels — so much better. They may have thought before that 
pretzels were not very good and were only intended to eat with beer in the 
saloons, but when they eat the Bretzels made here they find them positively 
' good to eat ' and dainty enough for the most discriminating taste. 

Situated along the path leading into the beautiful Spring Grounds stands 
the bakery of the " Lititz Bretzel Company" with its stately row of ovens and 
chimneys, where these delicious Bretzels are made. As visitors approach 
it the}' ' sniff ' the baking Bretzels — unconsciously their stomachs begin to 
feel empty and their mouths water. The inherent desire to eat some of these 
Bretzels that smell so good, leads their footsteps into the bakery doors, then — 
a taste of those delicately crisp, deliciously flavored little 'twists of dough,' 
and they realize immediately that Lititz truly and justly deserves its name — 
" Bretzel Town." 

Invariably they give vent to an exclamation of delight at the surpassing 
goodness, the delicate brown color with the sprinkling of clean white salt, and 
the clean, pure and appetizing appearance of the delicious Bretzels. 

But then the questions flow! Do 5'ou ship them? Could we get a small 
quantity shipped to us and would they be fresh ? Why can't we get them in 
our town ? The answer is simple — YOU CAN ! The Bretzels are packed in 
hermetically sealed cartons of two sizes, retailing at 10c and 15c, which keep 
the Bretzels clean and fresh, and they can be shipped anj'where. 

If you will tell your Grocer, Confectioner, Druggist, or Department store 
that we have a special proposition to make them by which they may try an 
order of these Bretzels at OUR risk, and get them to write us, we know from 
experience with other customers, that they will sell a lot ofour Bretzels and 
will order frequently. You will then be able to get fresh Bretzels at any time. 

If you will try to interest 3'our dealer in handling " Huebener's Famous 
Lititz Bretzels," and we .succeed in making a sale to him, we will reward your 
efforts with our Bretzels to the value of 1 dozen 10c cartons. 

Tell him of the superior qualities of these Bretzels and the special prop- 
osition we will make him, and then write us giving us his name and address 
and we will send j^ou by return mail a beautiful souvenir picture of Lititz 
Springs, and if the dealer orders some Bretzels we will send you 12 coupons, 
each good for 10c value in " Huebener's Famous Lititz Bretzels " at his store. 

See your dealer toda^^ 

Or we will ship any quantity of either size cartons to any address on receipt 
of price. Orders for fS.OO or over shipped prepaid. 

" Huebener's Famous Lititz Bretzels " is printed on every carton and bag 
in which these delicious Bretzels are sold, guaranteeing your getting the 
BEST BRETZELS BAKED. 

Address : Lititz Bretzel Co., James J. Huebener, Propr. , Lititz, Pa. 

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Baker Elizabeth Mrs., rear 36 S. Broad. 
Robert, pupil. 
Anna, pupil. 
Baker Jacob M., dealer leaf tobacco, 1 33 S. Broad. 
Anna Mrs. 
May, bookeeper. 
Helen. 
Ernst, pupil. 
Maud, pupil. 
Baker Joseph, horse dealer, 2 1 5 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Catharine (widow Abraham), boards. 
Baker Reuben (Baker Landes & Mumma), 1 22 S. Broad. 
" Sallie Mrs. 
" Lillie. 
Morris. 
Baker Landes & Mumma (Reuben Baker, Charles I. Landes. John Mumma), 

201 S. Broad., dealers in leaf tobacco and manufacturers of cigars. 
Bankers Life Association (W. C. Enck, gen'l agent), 236 S. Broad. 
Banner Cigar Co. (Solomon R. Moss), 1 3 S. Broad. 
Bare Charles, works tobacco warehouse, 4 N. Spruce. 
" Anna M. Mrs. 
" Mabel I., pupil. 
Bare Saniuel, laborer, 1 2 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
LeRoy. 
Bare Walter S., leaf tobacco and cigars, 1 1 - 1 3 W. Main. 
Barnes Thomas W., president Wellington Starch Co., I 54 S. Broad. 
" Sue Mrs. 
" Mary. 
Baum Wilson, tailor, 203 E. Main, residence II 4 S. Cedar. 

" Alice Mrs. 
Bear Benjamin, butcher, .200 S. Broad. 

" Ida Mrs. 
Bear Israel, works laundry, 135 S. Broad. 

Emma Mrs. 
Bear Matilda (widow John), I I 5 W. Orange. 
Mary, cigar bander. 
Alice, seamstress. 
Sarah, pupil. 

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A. R. Bear A. B. I^ONCi 

Bear & Lono 

DEALERS IX ALL KINDS OF 

LUMBER, COAL, SLATE, SAND 
SALT, PHOSPHATE, BRICKS 

AND PAVING STONE 
North Broad Street 



I 
i 
i 



The 



I^ailroad 
[Restaurant 

has all things 
eatable at 
all seasonable 
times — 

E. C. Ritchie 

PROPRIETOR 




E. E. Kautz 



Fisher's " Old Stand " 
I Ji full line of 

Groceries 
Provisions 
Dry Goods 
Notions 

yJlwa^s on hand 



N. Broad St. I I 



»4. <... 



35 1 East Main Street 
LITITZ 

. . ^■..■■■.■■■■■.■■■IH tlli.l.llllllTfT 



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Bear Michael, coachmaker, 200 S. Broad. 
" Matilda Mrs. 
Percy, butcher. 
David, laborer. 

Bishop, works chocolate factory. 
Parker, pupil. 
Bear & Long (Albert R. Bear, Adam B. Long), coal and lumber yard! 

R. R. east of N. Broad. 
Beck Abraham R., retired, 127 S. Broad. 

Joanna Mrs. 
Beck John, laborer, 354 E. Main. 
Anna Mrs. 
Charles, laborer. 
Wilhelmina, works knitting mill. 
Beck Paul E., music teacher and organist; leader. Beck's Military Band. 

Emma E. Mrs. 
Becker Christian Y., retired, 343 E. Main. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Harry, works candy factory. 
Laura, teacher. 
Anna, telephone operator. 
Edna, pupil. 
Becker Daniel B., retired, 201 E. Main. 
Anna (widow Levi). 
Lizzie B. 
Becker Harry, hostler, 1 1 9 S. Broad. 
Becker Isaac, blacksmith, 1 22 Maple. 

" Isabella Mrs. 
Becker W. Scott, machinist, rear 127 E. Main. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Paul, pupil. 
Beckler Theodora (widow Julius Theodore), 12 ( E- Main. 
Emma. 
" Olga. 
Beckler Sarah C. E., Linden Hall Seminary. 
Bender Milton, butcher, 1 9 S. Spruce. 
Susan Mrs. 

Floyd, works knitting mill. 
Anna, works knitting mill. 
Elmer, butcher. 

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JOB PRINTING 

with a neat and attractive 
appearance, promptly done 



to 



This is what mo^ business 
men demand. Cheap look- 
ing printed matter is a 
detriment to any business. 
You should have the kind 
that shows you are doing a 
good business. That*s the 
kind of work we do. Ask 
our patrons. EL^imates fur- 
nished on large or small jobs 

aVE us A TRIAL 



W 



HERNLEY 

The Printer 

Opposite R. R. Depot Lititz, Penna. 

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Bender Ida M., pupil, 19 S. Spruce. 
Esther, pupil. 
Elizabeth. 
Laura. 
May E. 
Bender Rebecca (widow John), boards 359 E. Main. 
Bender Weidler Dr., veterinary surgeon, E^st Main, Borough line. 
" Marie Mrs. 

Harry Dr., veterinary surgeon. 
Irene. 

Richard, pupil. 
Bew Bertha, works cigar factory, 25 S. Broad. 
Birkenbine Harry, cigarmaker, 74 Front. 
Sadie Mrs., bretzel baker. 
Paul. 
Blood John C, superintendent, 1 52 Front. 

Augusta Mrs. 
Bollinger Elmer, diver, 28 E. Center. 

Minnie Mrs. 
Bollinger Joseph, horsedealer, 45 S. Broad. 
Sarah Mrs. 
Wilson, clerk. 
Bollinger Martin, retired, 1 6 S. Broad. 
Bollinger William H., confectioner, 75 E. Main. 

Elnora Mrs. 
Bomberger Aldus R. (A. R. Bomberger & Co.), residence 1 1 S. Broad. 
Naomi Mrs. 
Samuel, retired. 
Bomberger Amos EI., retired, boards Sturgis House, Residence 94 Front. 
Bomberger A. R. & Co., hardware, 1 1 S. Broad. 
Bopp Dietrich, works chocolate factory, 262 S, Spruce. 
Gena Mrs. 
Anna. 
" Willie. 
" Karl. 
" Robert. 
Bossier Charles, carpenter, boards 1 6 S. Broad, 

Bowman Daniel L., shoes, 262 E. Main, residence 24 W. Orange. 
Lydia Mrs. 
Ralph, pupil. 

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COMPILED OCTOBER 25. 1905. NAMES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED 
BY FAMILIES WITH OCCUPATION. STREET AND HOUSE NUMBERS 

Adair John B., laborer, 128 S. Spruce. 
Adams John, teamster, rear 20 Front. 
" Ellen Mrs. 

Jennie, works knitting mill. 
Elsie, pupil. 
Edna, pupil. 
Adams Michael, engineer, 23 S. Spruce. 
Anna Mrs. 

Mabel, works knitting mill. 
Harry, works shoe factory. 
Anna, pupil. 
Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Co., C. G. Boyd, president ; Henry R. 

Gibbel, secretary ; Israel G. Erb, treasurer ; I 3 E. Main. 
Aldridge Clinton E., waiter Park House, 26 N. Spruce. 
Althouse Andrew, fireman, N. Alley. 
Bertha Mrs. 
" Ida. 
Amer George M., wheelwright, 2 1 W. Orange. 
Louisa M., dressmaker. 
Katie, works box factory. 
Amer William, cigar box manufacturer and leaf tobacco, 1 1 8 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Charles, foreman box factory. 
Emma. 
Bachman Charlotte (widow Cornelius), boards, 1 6 Maple. 
Badorf Clement, farmer, 425 E. Main. 
Salinda Mrs. 

Elizabeth, works knitttng mill. 
" Martha. 

Owen, pupil. 
Badorf Frank, hostler, 1 7 S. Locust. 
" Martha Mrs. 

Haydn W., laborer. 
Baker Emanuel, cigarmaker, rear 36 S. Broad. 

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LITITZ, THE " BRETZEL TOWN " 

Fd^mous for Years for Its Delicious Little Twists of Dough 

By JAMES J. HUEBENER 

l<itiu with its pjctjiresque streets, its beautifuj surrounding country, its 
|ceiit;ur.y-oid Momvian Church with its miique ceremonies and Linden Hall 
iSenjiilary for giflsj beautiful Spring G^Qujlds with its healthy water, its 
Varied industries.), its hv>spit'ab3e ptople and its glorious "Fourth of July" 
,C^itebi-a1ti'0'nS aVtl-acts nmny thousands of visitors every year. 

Traveling men, parents and friends of the Seminary scholars, relations 
,&nd friends of the inhabitants, picnickers, sight-seers ajid leisure hunters, all 
come here with the subtle feeling that they will see something entirely out of 
ilie ortlanary. Something to relieve their eyes of the tiresome city-street con- 
ventionality ; their ears and nerves of the hustle, noise and clatter of their 
business and home surroundings — ^and they find it. 

Thej Snd hititz an ideal spot, virtuaHja flower garden in the anidst of the 
1SWO04 »iwl fteJd. They also find here a little Bretzel that is so different from 
lOrdjnary city pretz,els — so nxjich better. They may have thought before that 
jDretze.ls were not very good and were onjy intended to eat with beer in the 
.saloons, but when they eat the Bretzels made here they find them positively 
"' good to eat ' and dainty enough for the most discriminating taste.. 

Situated along the path leading into the beautiful Spring Grounds stands 
(the bakery of the '' Litifz Bretzel Cojtipany" with its stately row of ovens and 
jchimneys, where these delicious l^etzels are made. As visitors approach 
-it they ' sniff ' the baking Bretzels — unconsciously their stomachs begin to 
tfeel empty and their mouths water. The inherent desire to eat some of these 
Bretzels that smell so good, leads their footsteps into the bakery doors, then — 
:a taste of those delicately crisp, deliciously flavored little 'twists of dough,' 
;and they realize immediatel}' that Litjtz truly and justly deserves its name — 
■*' Bretzel Town." 

Invariably they give vent to an exclamation of delight at the surpassing 
goodness., the delicate brown color with the sprinkling of clean white salt, and 
the clean., pure and appetizing appearance of the delicious Bretzels. 

But then the questions flow! Do you ship them? Could we get a small 
quantity shipped to u« and would the}' be fresh? Why can't we get them in 
our town? The answer is simple — YOU CAN! The Bretzels are packed in 
hermetically sealed cartons of two sizes, retailing at 10c and 15c, which keep 
the Bretzels clean and fresh, and they can be shipped anywhere. 

If yott will tell your Grocer, Confectioner, Druggist, or Department store 
tliat we have a special proposition to make them by which thej' may try an 
order of these Bretzels at OUR risk, and get them to write us, we know from 
experience with other customers, that they will sell a lot ofour Bretzels and 
will order frequently. You will then be able to get fresh Bretzels at any time. 

If you will try to interest your dealer in handling " Huebener's Famous 
Lititz Bretzels," and we .succeed in making a sale to him, we will reward your 
efforts with our Bretzels to the value of 1 dozen 10c cartons. 

Tell him of the superior qualities of these Bretzels and the special prop- 
osition we will make him, and then write us giving us his name and address 
and we will send you by return mail a beautiful souvenir picture of Lititz 
Springs, and if the dealer orders some Bretzels we will send you 12 coupons, 
each good for 10c value in • ' Hueb.enpr's Famous Lititz Bretzels " at hip store, 

See your dealer today. 

Or we will ship any quantity of either size cartons to any address on receipt 
pf price. Orders for |5.00 or over shipped prepaid. 

•' Huebener's Famous Lititz Bretzels " is printed on every carton and bag 
in which these delicious Bretzels arp solfl, guaranteeing your getting th§ 
BEST BRETZELS BAKED. 

Address : Lititz Bretzel Co., James J. H^iebenerj Prppr., Lititz, Pa, 

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Baker Elizabeth Mrs., rear 36 S. Broad. 
Robert, pupil. 
Anna, pupil. 

Baker Jacob M., dealer leaf tobacco, I 33 S. Broad. 
Anna Mrs. 
May, bookeeper. 
Helen. 
Ernst, pupil. 
Maud, pupil. 
Baker Joseph, horse dealer, 2 1 5 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Catharine (widow Abraham), boards. 
Baker Reuben (Baker Landes & Mumma), 1 22 S. Broad. 
Sallie Mrs. 
LUlie. 
Morris. 
Baker Landes & Mumma (Reuben Baker, Charles I. Landes. John Mumma), 

201 S. Broad., dealers in leaf tobacco and manufacturers of cigars. 
Bankers Life Association (W. C. Enck, gen'l agent), 236 S. Broad. 
Banner Cigar Co. (Solomon R. Moss), I 3 S. Broad. 
Bare Charles, works tobacco warehouse, 4 N. Spruce. 
" Anna M. Mrs. 
" Mabel I., pupil. 
Bare Samuel, laborer, 1 2 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
LeRoy. 
Bare Walter S., leaf tobacco and cigars, 11-13 W. Main. 
Barnes Thomas W., president Wellington Starch Co., 1 54 S. Broad. 
" Sue Mrs. 
" Mary. 
Baum Wilson, tailor, 203 E. Main, residence IMS. Cedar. 

" Alice Mrs. 
Bear Benjamin, butcher, 200 S. Broad. 

" Ida Mrs. 
Bear Israel, works laundry, 1 35 S. Broad. 

Emma Mrs. 
Bear Matilda (widow John), 1 I 5 W. Orange. 
Mary, cigar bander. 
Alice, seamstress. 
Sarah, pupil. 

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A. R. Bkar a. B. I^ong 

Bear & Long 

DEALERS IX ALL KINDS OF 

LUMBER, COAL, SLATE, SAND 
SALT, PHOSPHATE, BRICKS 

AND PAVING STONE 
North Broad Street 






The 






-— * ♦ 



l^ailroad 
I^estaurant 

has all things 
eatab le at 
all seasonable 
times — 

E. C. Ritchie 

PROPRIETOR 

N. Broad St. 





Fisher's " Old Stand ' 
Ji full line of 

Groceries 
Provisions 
Dry Goods 
Notions 

Jilwa^s on hand 

351 East Main Street 
LITITZ 



"•f* •i*'" 



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Bear Michael, coachmaker, 200 S. Broad. 

►^ Manila's M^^.- 
'' PeiPcy< butcher^ 
'• DaVid, Uht^Sf.' 
" Bishop, works chocolate factory. 
Parker, pupil. 
Pear & Long (Albert R. Bear, Adam B. Long), coal and lumber yarc 

R. R. east of N. Broad. 
Beck Abraham R., retired, 1 2 7 S. Broad. 

Joanna Mrs. 
Beck John, laborer, 354 E. Main, 
Anna Mrs. 
Charles, laborer. 
Wilhelmina, works knitting mill. 
Beck Paul E., music teacher and organist; leader, Beck's Military Band, 

Emma E. Mrs. 
Becker Christian Y., retired, 343 E. Main. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Harry, works candy factory. 
Laura, teacher. 
Anna, telephone operator, 
^' Edna, pupil. 
Becker Daniel B., retired, 201 E. Main. 
Anna (widow Levi). 
Lizzie B. 
Becker Harry, hostler, 1 19 S. Broad. 
Becker Isaac, blacksmith, 1 22 Maple. 

Isabella Mrs. 
Becker W. Scott, machinist, rear 127 E. Main. 
'' Mary Mrs. 
Paul, pupil. 
Beckler Theodora (widow Julius Theodore), 1 2 1 E. Main, 
Emma. 
" Olga. 
Beckler Sarah C. E., Linden Hall Seminary, 
Bender Milton, butcher, 19 S. Spruce, 
Susan Mrs. 

Floyd, works knitting mill. 
'^ Anna, works knitting mill. 
'* Ebner^ butcher, 

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JOB PRINTING 

with a neat and attractive 
appearance, promptly done 



to 



This is what mo^ business 
men demand. Cheap look- 
ing printed matter is a 
detriment to any business. 
You should have the kind 
that shows you are doing a 
good business. That's the 
kind of work we do. Ask 
our patrons. Estimates fur- 
nished on large or small jobs 

GIVE US A TRIAL 



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HERNLEY 

The Printer 

Opposite R. R. Depot Lititz, Penna. 

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Bender Ida M., pupil, 19 S. Spruce. 
Esther, pupil. 
Elizabeth. 
Laura. 
May E. 
Bender Rebecca (widow John), boards 359 E. Main. 
Bender Weidler Dr., veterinary surgeon, Esist Main, Borough line. 
" Marie Mrs. 

Harry Dr., veterinary surgeon. 
Irene. 

Richard, pupil. 
Bew Bertha, works cigar factory, 25 S. Broad. 
Birkenbine Harry, cigarmaker, 74 Front. 
Sadie Mrs., bretzel baker. 
Paul. 
.Blood John C, superintendent, 152 Front. 

Augusta Mrs. 
Bollinger Elmer, diver, 28 E. Center. 

Minnie Mrs. 
Bollinger Joseph, horsedealer, 45 S. Broad. 
Sarah Mrs. 
Wilson, clerk. 
Bollinger Martin, retired, 1 6 S. Broad. 
Bollinger Willicun H., confectioner, 75 E. Main, 

Elnora Mrs. 
Bomberger Aldus R. (A. R. Bomberger & Co.), residence 1 1 S. Broad. 
Naomi Mrs. 
Samuel, retired. 
Bomberger Amos H., retired, boards Sturgis House, residence 94 Front, 
Bomberger A. R. & Co., hardware, 1 1 S. Broad. 
Bopp Dietrich, works chocolate factory, 262 S, Spruce. 
Gena Mrs. 
Anna. 
" Willie. 
" Karl. 
" Robert. 
Bossier Charles, carpenter, boards 1 6 S. Broad. 

Bowman Daniel L., shoes, 262 E. Main, residence 24 W. Orange, 
Lydia Mrs. 
Ralph, pupil. 

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Your 
Life's ^Valk 

May be a continual pleasure — or every step a groan. It depends 
entirely upon the shoes you wear to walk it with. Train your 
feet, and your children's too — in the way that nature meant them 
to go — and a cornless old age will be a crowning reward. 

Buckwalter shoes made on lasts to fit your 
feet — of leather to fit your fancy — and sold at prices 
to please your purse, are ideal shoes with which to 
walk your life's walk. Try them. 



^Our 

Quality 

is 

Highest 

^Our 

Price 

is 

Lowest 



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!• S. Buckwalter 

17 S. Broad St., Litltz, Pa. 

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i Life, Fire, Accident, Health i 



Insurance 



" For financial indepen 
dence." as Insurance C 



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Northwcstcrn Mutual Life 

MILLWAUKEE. WISCONSIN 



missioner Host of Wisconsin I 

said in a recently published • 

article, " Look at our own A 

Northwestern ; not a bank • 

stock, not a trust company, A 

no industrial enterprises, every J 

investment in strict compli- ? 

ance with the law and every | 

officer still a comparatively • 

poor man." A 



L K. OROSH 

A General Agent 

5 LITITZ, PA. i 

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Bowman Josephine, 24 West Orange. 
Bowman David, baker, 1 3 W. Orange. 

Emma Mrs. 
Bowman Jacob B., baker, 2 1 4 S. Broad. 
Bella Mrs. 
Roy, apprentice. 
Marion, pupil. 
Boyer John H., works starch factory, 335 E. Main. 
Louisa Mrs. 
Anna, pupil. 
John, pupil. 
" Mary. 
Daniel 
Breitegan James, stenographer, 2 1 7 S. Broad. 
Breneman Elmer, electrician, 331 E. Main. 
Emma Mrs. 
Edna, pupil. 
Harry, pupil. 
Brian David, works Mast factory, 1 5 6 Front. 
" Sallie Mrs. 
Clyde Earl. 
Brighton Frances, (widow Grant), works knitting mill, I 54 S. Spruce. 

Edna, pupil. 
Brobst James C, physician, druggist, proprietor Inland Chemical Co. and 

Lititz Sanitarium, 23 E. Main. 
Brobst Helen. 

Valentine, pupil. 
Brookmyer Benjamin, laborer, 430 E. Main. 
Anna Mrs. 
EJmira, pupil. 
Edna, pupil. 
Anna, pupil. 
Lloyd, pupil. 
Chester. 
Ethel. 
Brosius Rowenna, housekeeper Linden Hall. 
Brown Szunuel, bretzel baker, 1 9 Maple. 

" MoUie Mrs. 
Brubaker Abraham, retired farmer, 84 Front. 
Susan Mrs. 

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EpHtaurant 



Conveniently located 
at trolley terminus — a 
few steps from de- 
pot, opposite Lititz 
Springs Park. An 
ideal place for re- 
freshments of all kinds. 



UttttZ, T^VL, 



JOHN K. CARPER 

MANUFACTURER OF 

Fine Harness 

AND DEALER IN 

Blankets, Whips 
Trunks and Suit 
Cases ^i» ^ ^ 



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21 S. BROAD STREET [ 
I LlTlTZ, PA. 









REAL ESTATE 
I AND INSURANCE 
AGENTS 

CONVEYANCERS 

AND 

SCRIVENERS 



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E. iMain &t. 



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Brubaker Adam, bookkeeper, 84 Front. 

Abraham, pupil. 
Buch David R., retired farmer, 28 S. Broad. 

Betsey, Mrs. 
Buch EJias, tailor eind men's furnisher, 77 E. Main, residence 28 E. Orange. 

Libbie, housekeeper. 
Buch Eliza, tailoring, II 2 E. Main. 
Buch Frank B. (Sturgis Bretzel Co.), I 6 N. Broad. 
Suscm Mrs. 

Erla May, works knitting mill. 
Janet, pupil. 
Buch Frank G., cauT)enter, 1 6 S. Locust. 
Buch George S., retired faurmer, 209 S. Broad. 

" Clara Mrs. 
Buch Henry B., coachmaker, I 1 S. Broad. 
Buch Isaac, retired tailor, 33 S. Broad. 

" Elizabeth Mrs. 
Buch Joseph, tailor, 23 N. Broad. 
Louisa Mrs. 

EJla EJizabeth, assistant postmistress. 
Laura E., teacher. 
Buch J. Frank, editor and proprietor Lititz Record, 9 S. Broad, residence 107 

E. Main. 
Buch Mary Mrs. 

Ralph, printer. 
Theodore, student. 
EUther, pupil. 
Edward, pupil. 
Buch Maria (widow Jacob), 45 S. Broad. 
Buch Nathan, carpenter, I 6 S. Locust. 
Buch Walter H., tailor, clothier and men's furnisher, 9 S. Broad, residence 

I 52 S. Broad. 
Buch Kate M. Mrs. 

Wanen S. (Essig & Buch), attomey-at-Iaw and notary public. 
Bucher Phares B., contractor, 90 Front. 
Annie Mrs. 

Susie, works knitting mill.^ 
Elsun, student. 
Ira, pupil. 
Buckius John C, retired, 119 5. Cedar. 

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I 

w2 FOUNDED 1794 INCORPORATED 1864 



I Linden Hall 
I Seminary 

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Lititz, Lanca^er Co., Pa. 



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m A MORAVIAN BOARDING SCHOOL 
m FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN ^^ 

m ^ 

^ PREPARATORY, ACADEMIC AND POST- ^ 
^ ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS 







m t!^**a»*4||^ Careful instruction given in 

f^l J K ^^^^^^S and Painting, Instru- 

^ 2 f mental and Vocal Music, Plain 

fel9 and Artistic Needlework, Typewriting, Stenography. k|m 

% . . I 

/k Special attenhon given to the needs of the individual scholar. ^ 

Oj Pupils received at any time. rt^ 

UQ Correspondence and inspection invited. Cm 

rtj REV. CHAS. D. KREIDER (Jj 

I PRINCIPAL I 

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Buckwalter Ivan S., shoes, 1 7 S. Broad, residence 1 04 E. Main. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
Ruth. 
Buffenmoyer Harvey, cigarmaker, 1 1 2 W. Orange, 

Ida Mrs. 
Burkholder Chester, pupil, II 6 S. Spruce. 

Edna, pupil. 
Burkholder Christian, laborer, 1 8 N. Locust. 

Susan Mrs. 
Butzer George, carpenter, 1 6 E. Orange. 
Annie Mrs. 
Ellis, baker. 
George, baker. 
Hattie, tobacco stripper. 
Lillie, pupil. 
Cake Preston, printer, boards 1 6 S. Broad. 
Campbell William, cigarmaker, I 29 E. Main. 
Carpenter George, laborer, 377 E. Main. 
Sadie Mrs. 
Edna, pupil. 
Victor. 
Grace. 
Caurpenter John G., works box factory, 1 3 W. Orange. 
Wilson, works box factory. 
Katie, works knitting mill. 
Carper Albert, cigarmaker, Miller's Row. 
" Clara J. Mrs. 
" Paul E. 
" Elizabeth M. 

Elizabeth Mrs. (widow Samuel). 
Carper Haydn, works Mast Mfg. Co., 1 8 W. Lemon. 
" Ada H. Mrs. 
" Mazie E. 

Elizabeth Mrs. (widow Jacob). 
Carper Ida (widow William), works knitting ipill, 33 1 E. Main. 
Carper John K., saddler, 2 I S. Broad. 
Annie Mrs. 
James, pupil. 
Central Cigar Co. (Solomon R. Moss), Juniper Alley. 
Charles Fannie, boards 200 S. Broad. 

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enobjiving€o 



1 INCORPORATED 

^^S!!^" PHIL. JIDEIiPHIJI "="^' 




insuring promptness of delivery without the sacrifice 
of quality 

ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS. MANUFACTURERS OF ZINC HALF- 
TONES, FINE COPPER HALF-TONES. LINE CUTS, COLOR 
PLATES AND EMBOSSING DIES 

^The plates used in illustration of " Historical and Pictorial Lititz " 
including the designing of borders and front cover were produced by 

THE STANDARD ENGRAVING CO., Inc. 
7th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia 

LONG DISTANCE AND LOCAL TELEPHONES OFFICE GROUND FLOOR 



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Charles Ralph, pupil, 200 S. Broad. 
Chamberlain Mary, works chocolate factory, 38 Front. 
Clausen Claus, laborer, I 2 1 S. Spruce. 
Dora Mrs. 

Elmer, works box factory. 
Cohick Daniel, shoemaker, I 52 S. Spruce. 
" Margie Mrs. 

Eva J., works knitting mill. 
Cohick Herbert, laborer, I 5 6 S. Spruce. 

" Ella Mrs. 
Coldren Edward, cigar packer, 2 N. Spruce. 

Catharine Mrs. 
Coldren Eckert, farmer, 1 24 S. Spruce. 

" Ella Mrs. 
Conrad Leonard, R. R. laborer, 44 Front. 
" Lillie Mrs. 

Lincoln, pupil. 
" Mildred. 
Lester. 
Conrad Henry, farmer. Miller's Row. 

Consumers Box Board and Paper Co., Dr. P. J. Roebuck, president; 
E. E. Weaver, vice president and general manager ; G. A. Hoffman, 
superintendent ; H. H. Gingrich, treasurer ; J. F. Stoner, secretary ; manu- 
facturers of box board and paper, R. R. and 44 N. Cedar. 
Crall Frank A., painter, Miller's Row. 
Emma K. Mrs. 
" Marlin L. 
" Earl J. 
Crall John C, painter, 25 S. Spruce. 

Celeste Mrs. 
Crall Harry A., baker, 25 S. Spruce. 

Agnes Mrs. 
Daum Buelah, works knitting mill, 22 W. Orange. 
Daveler Daniel, carpenter, 1 42 S. Spruce. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
George, laborer. 
Delbo Samuel, shoemaker, 34 E. Orange. 

" Martha Mrs. 
Dellinger M. Lemuel, proprietor Park House, 26 N. Spruce. 
Rebecca Mrs. 

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N. B. LEAMAN. Pres. ELAM H. RISSER, Sec. and Treas. J, C. BLOOD, Supt. I 

THE LITITZ SHOE CO., Ltd. | 

Our Whole Ambition j 

Has been— is — and always will be to put such quality i 

and excellence into the { 

Misses' and Children's Shoes j 

That it will be impossible for any one to make them better. We have i 

reasons to feel that our ambition has been realized for dealers ! 

who have sold them are selline them now. I 

: ' 

They're good shoes and deserve the reputation they are making } 

for themselves. I 

There is that style about them which makes an instantaneous i 

impression with the critical trade. x 

Capacity OFFICE AND FACTORY Established \ 

500 Pairs Daily LITITZ, PENNA. 1904 



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F. A. MASSER 



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PRACTICAL 
MACHINIST 



N. Broad St. LITITZ, PA. 

W. B Ochmc 

BARBER 

A pleased customer is my first 

concern 

BASEMENT, 22 E. MAIN ST. 

LITITZ, PA. 



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Delp Ida, forelady Eby Shoe Co., 1 1 5 S. Cedar. 

Lottie, shoe fitter. 
Demmy Frank, painter, 3 1 6 East Main. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Demmy Hiram, Sr., laborer, 3 1 6 E. Main. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Demmy Hiram, Jr., cigarmaker, 2 1 E. Orange. 
" Stella Mrs. 

Clarence, pupil. 
Robert. 
Derr Charles N., Justice of the Peace, conveyancer and surveyor, and 

real estate, 15 1-2 E. Main, residence, 29 S. Cedar. 
Derr Anna Mrs. 
Mary, pupil. 
" William. 
Derr Martha, teacher Linden Hall. 
Diehm G. Graybill, assistant superintendent, 2 S. Broad. 
Diehm William S., shoemaker, 22 E. Orange. 
" Martha A., Mrs. 

Bertha, works knitting mill. 
Mary, works knitting mill. 
Stanley, shoe cutter. 
Elsie, pupil. 
Ralph, pupil. 
Susie, pupil. 
Diehm Oscar, works knitting mill, 56 Front. 
Diffenderfer Amos, pupil, boards, 74 Front. 
Dillman John M. (Lititz Bologna Co.), 62 Front. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
Clarence B., clerk. 
Etta, pupil. 
Raymond, pupil. 
Ditzler Emanuel, works starch factory, boards 4 1 9 E. Main. 
Ditzler Harrison (Ditzler & Leaman), 20 Front. 
" Mary Mrs. 

Sadie, cigarmaker. 
Harry, cement worker. 
Ditzler Mary Mrs. (widow Melchior), housekeeper, 38 Front. 
James, cement worker. 
Frank, works shoe factory. 

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Every man should secure a desirable lot in our 
growing borough while he has the opportunity. Then 
he should build a house. 

The Moravian Congregation has a number of 
excellent locations from which it will sell Building Lots 
at very reasonable prices. Sold only to those who want 
to build and not to speculators. Apply to 



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Ditzler Emanuel, works shoe factory, 38 Front. 
Minnie, pupil. 
Jacob, pupil. 
Lottie, pupil. 
Ditzler William A., foreman, 1 1 7 S. Cedar. 

" Lillie Mrs. 
Ditzler William D., fireman, 4 1 9 E. Main. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Stella, pupil. 
" Mary. 
Anna. 
Ditzler & Lehman (Harrison Ditzler, Nathaniel B. Lehman), contractors 

and builders, 80 Water street. 
Doering William, lithographer, boards Sturgis House. 
Dohner Susan, housekeeper, 2 7 E. Main. 
Doster Ephraim, retired, 148 S. Spruce. 

Lizzie Mrs. 
Doster Israel H., merchant, 50 E. Main. 
Amelia B. Mrs. 
Vera, pupil. 
Joseph. 
" Paul. 
Doster John, bartender, 73 E. Main. 
" Prlscilla Mrs. 

Emma, works shoe factory. 
Minnie, pupil. 
Lottie, pupil. 
Willie, pupil. 
Flora. 
" Paul. 
" Bertha. 
Doster Lydia (widow Henry K.), 37 S. Broad. 

Florence. 
Doster Wayne, cigar maker, 42 Center. 

Alice Mrs., cigar maker. 
Dougherty Harvey L., manager Ideal Chocolate Co., boards Springs hotel. 

Fanny F. Mrs. 
Downey Frank W., cigarmaker, 360 E. Main. 
Amanda Mrs. 
Helen G., clerk. 

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When you visit Lititz 
stop at the 

HOTEL STURGIS 




Mil The Hotel Sturgis, away from the noise and hum of business 
yet sufficiently close to all points of interest, is an ideal place 
for you to make your headquarters when you visit Lititz. 

Mil Just sufficiently roomy to be cozy it affords all the privacy that 
can be desired. 



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Nicely furnished rooms and a splendid cuisine make it a 
desirable stopping place. Rates on application. 



MILTON E. HACKER \ 

PROPRIETOR \ 

45 EAST MAIN ST. LITITZ, PENNA. \ 



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Downey Edna, works cigar factory, 360 E. Main. 
Carletta, pupil. 
Ralph, baker. 
Dreifus Joseph, ladies* and gents' furnisher, 5 I N. Broad. 
Meta Mrs. 
Percy, pupil, 
Drummond Edward, cigarmaker, 1 1 S. Cedar. 
Alice Mrs. cigarmaker. 
Harry, works knitting mill. 
William, pupil. 
Duchman Charlotte, teacher, 1 4 S. Spruce. 
Dussinger Charles B., cigarmaker, 374 E. Main. 
Bertha Mrs. 
Anna M., pupil. 
Charles W. 
Dussinger James B., cigarmaker, 1 7 S. Spruce. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
Mary A., pupil. 
Theodore T. 
Dussinger Mary (widow Benjamin), I 32 S. Spruce. 
Dyer John K., foreman Central Cigar Co., 20 E. Orange. 
" Laura O. Mrs. 
'* Maude M., pupil. 
Edith I., pupil. 
Ella K., pupil. 
Earhart Daniel, butcher, 329 E. Main. 
Amanda Mrs. 
John, works starch factory. 
Ella, works knitting mill. 
Elmer, works chocolate factory. 
Eby Elmer E., grain, flour, feed, 43 N. Cedar, residence 124 Front. 

" Maud Mrs. 
Eby Ephraim O., retired, boards 1 6 S. Broad. 
Eby Frank (Eby Shoe Co.), boards 1 24 Front. 
Eby Harry (Eby Shoe Co.), boards 4 1 S, Broad, 
Eby Shoe Co. (Frank Eby, Harry Eby), manufacturers of infants' and 

children's shoes, Kline street. 
Eckert Harry, wholesale bretzels, 359 E. Main, 
" Alma Mrs. 

Myrtle, music teacher. 

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When 

the 

bundle 

conies 

back 

With every piece clean, 
sweet, spotless, white, well 4, 
washed, nicely starched, | 
neatly ironed, nothing torn, 
nothing stretched, aren't 
})ou Well pleased ? 
^That's the kind of work 
we turn out daily. 
€|May we call for your 
bundle and deliver it free ? 
^We do family washing. 
^'Phone or call. 



Lititz Steam 
Laundry 



Manuacturer of 

Cigar Boxes 

of all kinds 

and dealer in 

Leaf Tobacco 

yf >f ^ 

118 South Broad 
LITITZ 



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I H. H. MARTIN 



W. H. MUTH 



MARTIN & MUTH 

COAL AND LUMBER 

Slate, Salt, Sand, Terra Cotta Pipe, Fertilizers, 
Granitine Wall Plaster, Flagging Stone, Etc. 

48 N. BROAD ST. ptrt4 LITITZ, PENNA. 



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Eckert Esther, pupil, 359 E. Main. 
Ellis Viola, pupil, 75 E. Main. 

Helen, pupil. 
Ely Isaac, mason, 32 E. Orange. 
" Mary Mrs. 
John D. mason. 
Enck, Edgar H., salesman, 64 Front. 
Emma E. Mrs. 
Evelyn. 
Enck William C, manufacturer W. C. E. cough drops and insurance 

agent, 236 S. Broad. 
Enck Katie M. Mrs. 
J. Paul, pupil. 
Mary K., pupil. 
" W. Charles. 
Enck William H., undertaker and dealer in furniture, 63 E. Main, residence 

59 E. Main. 
Enck Cecelia F. housekeeper. 
Engle James, works chocolate factory, 72 Front. 
Cora Mrs. 
LeRoy. 
Erb Groff, laborer, 1 1 7 W. Orange. 
" Mary. Mrs. 

Emma, works knitting mill 
Lizzie, works knitting mill. 
Joseph, works silk mill (Lancaster), 
Ada, pupil, 
Anna, pupil. 
Mary, pupil. 
Erb Israel G., surveyor, conveyancer, real estate agent, office 16 W. Main, 

residence 46 E. Main, 
Erb Sarah Mrs. 

Minnie, bookkeeper. 
Anna, 
Erb Matilda Mrs. (widow John B.), 65 E. Main 
Eshleman Jacob E., clerk, 46 E. Centre. 
Ellen Mrs. 
Helen Irene. 
Eshleman William G., painter, 44 E. Centre, 
Annie Mrs, 

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No Family Medicine Chest Complete without the 
Celebrated H. H. H. 

We want you to weigh well our claim for " H. H. H.", that 
world-famous liniment. Seems a strange neime, doesn't it ? Well you 
know what's said about a name — a rose by any other would smell as 
sweet. Just so with H. H. H. It would do its work as well under 
any one of ten thousand other possible names. But then none of these 
others might be as unusual, and therefore effective because " catchy." 

And so H. H. H. it is and H. H. H. it will be to the end of the 
chapter, as 'least as long as men and women suffer from aches and pains 
for which they want an infallible liniment. 

Now we admit that it does seem a great deal to claim for H. H. 
H. that it is the very best of all. Yet we do it, because we 
believe in the stuff. " Dinna let your modesty wrang ye," is a Scotch 
proverb we also believe in. Misplaced modesty is foolishness. There's 
a time for everything, and for modesty among the rest. But not when 
you've got the best thing of its kind under heaven. That's the time to 
talk out as loudly as you know how, and let everybody know about it. 

And so we sound a trumpet before H. H. H. and praise it as an 
unrivalled embrocation for bruised places, sore joints, swollen places and 
everything else of the kind. It is the result of years of patient research 
and experiment by D. Dodge Tomlinson, and is no " fake " nostrum, but 
a thoroughly first-class combination. Thousands of people have tried it, 
and its genuine worth has been demonstrated in many a severe case of 
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Backache, Lame Muscles, Sore Throat, 
Toothache, Cramps, etc. Careful attention to directions and the 
exercise of your own common sense will soon teach you how and when 
to use it to the very best advantage. 

AS A HORSE MEDICINE 

It is not often you can get a liniment that is strong enough for use 
on horses without being too strong for human beings. Here is a strong 
point in favor of H. H. H. It can be used on both man and beast. As 
a horse liniment it has no equal. Its effects are simply wonderful. 
It is a SURE CURE for all the diseases of " man's best friend" among 
the lower animals for which it is recommended, Soft Spavins, Callous 
Lumps, Windgalls, Sweeney, Fistula, Thrush, Contracted Hoofs, Ring- 
bone, Splint, Curb, Distemper, vSwollen Tendons, Lumps and Enlarge- 
ments arising from an}' cause whatever — all these have been found, in 
actual practice to 3'ield to the remarkable virtties of the justl}' celebrated 
remed}-. 

It is put up in 25c, 50c and $1.00 sizes. Also in full quart bottles at $3.00 each. IF 
your druggist does not have it, you can send direet to the manufacturer. 

. D. DODGE TOMLINSON, 400 North 3rd St., Philadelphia 
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Eshleman Dorothy, 44 E, Centre. 
Essig Frederick (Essig & Buch), 1 04 S. Spruce. 
" Sybilla Mrs. 

Frances, bookkeeper. 
Essig & Buch 0- Frederick Essig, Warren S. Buch), real estate agents, con- 
veyancers and scriveners, office 1 4 W. Main. 
Evans Dr. Elmer E., physician, 1 5 S. Cedar. 
" Ella R. Mrs. 

Howard W., works knitting mill. 
Raym^rid B., pupil. 
Arthur E„ pupil. 
Evans John F., leaf tobacco, 60 N. Broad. 
" Ella V. Mrs. 

Evans Jay H., pupil. 
Elizabeth, pupil. 
Mary, pupil. 
Evans Wallace, laborer, 64 N. Broad. 
Laura Mrs. 

Anna, works knitting mill. 
George, works knitting mill. 
Esther, pupil. 
Evans Willam C, 79 E. Main. 
" Ella Mrs. 

Annette, pupil. 
Farmers National Bank, P. J. Roebuck, president ; Howard H. Ging- 
rich, cashier; Henry R. Gibbel, teller, 7 E. Main. 
Fasnacht Alice, housekeeper, 72 E. Main. 
Fasnacht Elam, engineer, 1 1 6 E. Main. 
Fasnacht John, laborer, 35 S. Broad. 
Amanda Mrs. 

Euphemia, works knitting mill. 
Fasnacht William, superintendent Ideal Chocolate Co., 412 E. Main. 
Alice E. Mrs. 
Mary J. 
Miles R. 
John. 
Fass David C, cigarmaker, 8 Lyceum Building. 
" Sarah C. Mrs. 

Benjamin H., apprentice. 
John S., pupil. 

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If You 
Smoke 

How many profits do you pay 
for your cigars ? Three, quite 
likely — the manufacturer's, the 
jobber's, the retailer's. 

If you smoke Sunday's Best 
yoic pay but one, the manu- 
facturer's. 

Sunday's Best is made of a 
clean Havana filler, wrapped with 
a Sumatra wrapper. 

It is endorsed by its users. It is 

sold for one profit only---at ex- 

atftly the price your dealer pays 

for his 5c goods. 

If you order a box of Sunday's Best you po-.'cet two profits and have the satis- 

faftion of knowing that you smoke ^ a f\f\ .\ 1 1 1 • 1 

a good cigar. q)4.U0 thc hundred, prepaid 



Another 
Brand 



Cheaper, but for the money, 
the best. The Goo-Goo is 
sold under the same condi- 
tions as the Sunday's Be^--- 
one profit only — direct to the 
smoker. 

It is made of a clean, sweet 
cut filler, Sunday Best cut- 
lings, and wrapped with a 
thoroughly seasoned Con- 
necticut wrapper. 

The Goo-Goo is a cigar 
that will perfectly satisfy. 

$2.00 

the hundred, prepaid 




Coo-Goo, $2.00 the hundred 



N. W. FREY CIGAR COMPANY 



LITITZ 



PA. 



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Fass Laura C, pupil, 8 Lyceum Building. 

Esther C, pupil. 
Ferguson Warren F., retired, boards Springs Hotel. 
Fett Adeline M. Mrs. (widow John Frederick), 1 1 S. Cedar. 
Fichthorn William, baker, 1 5 N. Cedar. 

Mattie Mrs. 
Fisher Herman, produce dealer, 227 E. Main. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Fleischman John C, milk dealer, 29 S. Broad. 
Emma Mrs. 
Gladys, pupil. 
Dorothy. 
John Lester. 
Fleming Albert (Fleming Bros.), 27 S. Broad. 

Florence Mrs. 
Fleming Oliver (Fleming Bros.), 27 S. Broad. 
Fleming Bros., restaurant, 27 S. Broad. 
Frederick Mary, domestic, 120 E. Main. 
Frederick Morris blacksmith. 331 E. Main. 
Katie Mrs. 
Earl, pupil. 
Charles, pupil. 
Grace. 
Frey Nathan W., cigar manufacturer, 232 S. Broad. 
Mary Mrs., cigar maker. 
Theodore. 
Frey Cigar Co. N. W., [Nathan W. Frey and H. D. Frey, manufac- 
turers of cigars, (HcJfvilie)], 232 S. Broad. 
Fry Jacob, cigar maker, rear 3 1 5 E. Main. 

" Hettie Mrs. 
Fry Hiram P., druggist, 100 E. Main. 
" Sarah C. Mrs. 
J. Morgan, pupil. 
Fry Morris E., clerk, 125 E. Main. 

" Lizzie K. Mrs. 
Frymyer William, carpenter, boards Sturgis House. 

Bertha, pupil. 
Frymyer Hilda Kathleen, 354 E. Main. 
Furlow Ambrose, leaf tobacco, 1 08 S. Spruce. 
Gable John, clerk. Springs Hotel. 

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Common 
Sense 

Ifyou are threaten- 
ed with Diabetes 
or Kidney Disease 
use Indian Herb 
Tea, the only rem- 
edy that will 
surely give you 
relief; sent by mail, 
price 50c. 

Address : 

INLAND 

CHEMICAL 

CO. 

LITITZ, PA. 



New Philadelphia Store 

The leadinof store in this 
section for Ladies', Gents' and 
Misses' Clothing and Furnish- 
ing Goods. ^^^^ 

JOSEPH DREIFUS 
51 N. Broad St. Lititz, Pa. 



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. ..THE . .. 

Shoe that Stays 

Some shoes look wonderfully 
pretty at the start — but after a 
week or two's wear, look like an 
old hat. 

They don't stay in shape nor 
feel as a good shoe should. 

You'll find we're showing the 
best assortment of Shoes in all 
the town — shoes for every kind 
of wear, shoes that " stay " right 
in fit, style and feeling. 

W. M. ORUBE 

Main Street LITITZ, PA. 



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Albert Gochenaur 

THE 



Lititz Ice Dealer 



lie doesn't keep ice 
He sells it 



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Gable Susie, housekeeper, 1 I S. Cedar. 
Ga^-ber Eli, creamery, 22 N. Broad. 
Mary N. Mrs. 
Ferr>', student. 
Erla, pupil. 
Gertrude, pupil. 
Mary, pupil. 
Geib John R., laborer, 1 6 N. Locust. 

" Katie D. Mrs. 
George David, mason. Miller's Row. 

Kate Mrs. 
Geyer Henry, cigar maker, 22 Front. 
" Sallie B. Mrs. 

Jennie B., cigarmaker. 
Walter J., works chocolate factory. 
Geyer Samuel, laborer, 1 1 1 S. Broad. 

Christine Mrs. 
Gibbel Henry R. (Hershey & Gibbel), teller, 53 E. Main. 
Florence B. Mrs. 
Henry Baker. 
Gibbel John R., memufacturing confectioner, 251 E. Main. 
Katie Mrs. 

John, works candy factory. 
Jacob, pupil. 
Ella May, pupil. 
Paul, pupil. 
Henry. 
Grace. 
Gingrich Howard H., cashier, 1 S. Broad. 
Mary Elizabeth Mrs. 
Bessie, musician. 
Harry B., laborer. 
Gingrich John, foreman Lititz Bretzel Co., Pine Alley. 
Nancy Mrs. 
Harry C, cigarmaker. 
Stella M., bretzel baker. 
Lydia, pupil. 
Amelia, pupil. 
Richard M. 
Gweler Samuel, works starch factory, boards 4 1 9 E. Main. 

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I W. M. KISSINGER | 

I ManiFa:turer of | 

! BRETZELS I 



N. Cedar St., LItitz 




Levi H. Rudy 

Butcher 




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East Main Street 

Lititz, Pa. 



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The Only Genuine 
Lititz Bretzels 



Trade 
Mark 



Rcg'sfd 
1876 



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Since 1 86 1 the name Sturgis has been connected with the best 
hretzel baked— di bretzel that you can eat and enjoy when other food 
palls. 

There is something about their crisp, salty flavor and charming 
delicacy of taste that, no matter what other brands your are using, 
will bring you back sooner or later to the Sturgis bretzel. 

The Sturgis Bretzel is different from others because it is made 
by a different process, in an oven of special construction. And then 
again we have been in the business since 1861 — we ought to know 
how to bake good bretzels — and we do. 

Sturgis Bretzel Co. 

221 East Main St. Lititz. Penna. 



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Gochenaur Harry, tinsmith, 1 9 S. Cedar. 

Susan Mrs. 
Gochnauer Christian, implements, 43 N. Broad, residence 206 S. Broad. 
Eliza Mrs. 
Willis, pupil. 
Goetz G. Herman, principal public schools, 126 S. Broad. 
Emma Mrs. 
George, pupil. 
Richard. 
Gloss Lottie, pupil, 223 E. Main. 
Gochenaur Albert, ice dealer, 1 1 I S. Spruce. 
Thamer C. Mrs. 
Katie 1. 
Albert F. 
Daniel U., pupil. 
Gonder Rebecca, housekeeper, Miller's Row. 
Mabel R., cigar maker. 
Harry H., pupil. 
Ralph W., pupil; 
Graul Daniel, baker. 28 W. Main. 
Emma Mrs. 
Emma, pupil. 
Harry, boards. 
Graver Emma Mrs. (widow Horace), 31 S. BroaJ. 
Graver Louisa, boarding houSe, 4 S. Broad. 

Rebecca (widow John). 
Graybill David G., works chocolate factory, 3 79 E. Main. 

Emma Mrs. 
Graybill Jacob, cigeurmaker, 403 E. Main. 

Ella Mrs. 
Graybill Samuel S. cigar manufacturer, 369 E. Main. 

Jennie Mrs. 
Grazer Michael, laborer, blackberry alley. 
Amanda Mrs. 
John, U. S. Army. 
Harry, works knitting mill. 
Mary, works chocolate factory. 
Florence, pupil. 
Lillian, pupil. 
Lydia, pupil. 

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Blank Books of 

Regular and Special Patterns 

Manufactured to Order 



Binding of 
Magazines and Serial Publi- 
cations a Specialty 



H. L. TROUT 

38 NORTH CHRISTIAN STREET 
LANCASTER - - - PENNA. 



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Special and Job 
Ruling 



W. H. MATHERS 

SARBEIi 

12 Wea Main Street 

LITITZ, PA. 

Rrst-dass work in all departments. 
New, well lighted shop, with all appliances 
up-to-date. 



Orders by Mail Promptly 
Attended to 






D. Milton Bender 
BUTCHER 

Fresh and Smoked Meats 
LITITZ. PENNA. 



D, G. WITMYER 

D£AL£R IN 

General Mercliandise 



28 Hast Main Street 



Lititz, Pa. 



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Grazer Marguerite. 

Richard. 
Greek Henry, works lithographing company, 5 7 N. Alley. 

Sabylla Mrs. 
Greiner Mary, works chocolate factory, 377 E. Main. 
Groff Elam, laborer, 376 E. Main. 
Emma Mrs. 
Emerson, pupil. 
" Walter. 
Groff Israel, retired, 20 S. Broad. 

Elizabeth Mrs. 
Groff Daniel, works knitting mill, 18 S. Broad. 

" Mabel Mrs. 
Grosh Anuinda (widow Samuel E.), 207 E. Main. 

Ruth, music teacher. 
Grosh A. Virginia, teacher, 112 E. Main. 
Grosh Caroline (widow Henry H.), 23 W. Main. 

S. Estella, dressmaker. 
Grosh C. William^ coacix manufacturer, 137 S. Spruce. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Elmma, pupil. 
Mary, pupil. 
" Alice. 
Samuel. 
Edward, 
Grosh Horace E., janitor, 20 Maple, 
Lizzie E. Mrs. 

Mary Esther, telephone operator. 
Francis Edmund, pupil. 
Robert Samuel, pupil, 
Anna Elizabeth, pupil, 
Grosh Lawrence K., in^rance, 12 W. Orange. 
Katie Mrs. 
Earl B., pupil. 
TTieodore. 
Grosh Thama (widow Reuben), 8 Church. 
Grosh T. Stevens, cigarmaker, 16 W. Lemon, , 

Susie Mrs. 
Karl, pupil. 
Grossman Jacob, dairyman, 204 S, Spruce. 

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I. H. DOSTER 




DEALER IN 







48 E. MAIN ST. 



LITITZ, PENNA. \ 



Ptan00 

Call on H. M. Eldridge 
& Son, 32 West King St. 
Lancaster, Pa., and ex- 
amine their pianos before 
you make your selection. 
They mark instruments 
very low. Sold on in- 
stallments of ^6, ^8 or 
^10 monthly, or for cash 
a liberal discount will 
be given. Pianos tuned 
and repaired. 




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Grossman Laura E. Mrs. 204 S. Spruce. 
Helen I. 
Luther D. 
Charles. 
Grube William, plasterer, 32 E. Orange. 
Cora Mrs., cigaurmaker. 
Ivan, pupil. 
Grube Emanuel, salesman, 2 S. Broad. 

Lucy Mrs. 
Grube Saunuel, contracting carpenter, 56 N. Broad. 

Susan Mrs. 
Grube Wilson M., shoes, 35 E. Main. 

Charlotte Mrs. 
Guiles Abraham G. retire^, 2 10 S. Broad. 

" Mary Mrs. 
Gulden John, retired, boards I I 7 S Cedar. 
Haag James B., teacher, 23 W. Orange. 
" Mary A. Mrs, 
Marie L., pupil. 
Habecker Aaron, dairyman, 368 E. Main. 
Sarah Mrs. 
Eliza. 
Habecker Ezra, cigarmaker, 28 S. Locust. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Habecker Hettie Mrs. (widow John), 4 I S. Broid. 
Lizzie B., bookkeef>er. 
John B., student. 
Vera, pupil. 
Habecker Wayne A., dairyman, 410 E. Main. 
Anna M. Mrs. 
Norman, pupil. 

Lulu E., pupil. ' 

Alice M., pupil. 
Earl L. 
Hacker Allen, carpenter, 26 E. Orange. 
Lydia G. Mrs. 
Minnnie, cigar maker. 
Emma, cigar maker. 
Hacker Charlotte Mrs., boards 37 E. Main. 
Hacker Eli, cigar packer, 1 02 W. Orange. 

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THE STANDARD of a firm's products is fixed 
by having been tried. Public opinion — and public 
opinion alone, decides all things — has accredited 
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolates a standard which can 
be established only by perfection in the art of chocolate 
making. That's the reason they are so popular all over 
the country. Dealers handle them because they are a 
remarkable mercantile pow^er. Consumers buy them 
because they are good — and goodness is the underlying 
principle of aJl chocolates that are popular. This, 
together with careful attention to customers and con- 
servative business methods, has made a place for the IdeaJ 
Cocoa and Chocolate Co. in a few years, that is to be 
envied, even by some of the oldest established houses. 

Ideal Cocoa & Chocolate Co. 

OFFICE AND FACTORY 42-44 N. BROAD ST. 
NEW YORK LITITZ, PA. PITTSBURG 



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Hacker Isabella Mrs. 102 W. Orange. 

Susie May. 
Hacker Grace, pupil, 1 3 W. Orange. 
Hacker Harry E., works chocolate factory, 201 W. Orange. 

Emma Mrs. 

Edith, pupil. 

Mary, pupil. 

Emma. 
" Hilda. 
Hacker Lavinia Mrs. (widow Levi), 62 E. Main. 
Hacker Milton E., proprieter Sturgis House, 45 E. Main. 

Adeline Mrs. 
Hacker Mary, works chocolate factory, boards 42 Front. 
Hacker Samuel, works chocolate factory, 233 E. Main. 

Lizzie Mrs. 

Lottie, pupil. 

Lester. 
Hacker Wilson, clerk, 5 S. Spruce. 

Serena Mrs., cigarmaker. 
Hagen Rev. Ernest S., pastor Moravian Church, 222 E. Main. 

J. Louise Mrs. 

John Francis, student. 

Mary, pupil. 

Ernest, Jr., pupil. 

Rev. Francis F., retired. 
Haines Albert, cigarmaker, 25 S. Cedar. 

Lizzie Mrs. 

Lewis, works knitting mill. 

Albert, Jr., works knitting mill. 
Haisch Christian, laborer, 1 3 1 S. Cedar. 

Caroline, teacher. 
Thomas, clerk. 
Hall Emanuel, carpenter, 1 34 S. Spruce. 
Florence, cigarmaker. 
Elizabeth. 
Hall James, retired, 23 S. Cedar. 

Emma A. 
Hallacher Martin, works Mast factory, 424 E. Main. 
Minerva Mrs. 
Walter, pupil. 

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LITITZ 

LITHOGRAPHING 

COMPANY 

This company is fully prepared to promptly 
execute the following lines of work : 

Lithographing 

including all classes of color and commercial 
work and embossing. 

Printing from type includes all classes of 
work. 

Box Making from cardboard and paper. 
All classes of boxes including cartons and folding 
boxes. 

Book Binding 

of every description, rebinding of old books, per- 
forating, etc. 

Photographs, drawings and prints of all de- 
scriptions beautifully mounted on imported glass. 

Samples can be seen at the factory. 

Call for estimates on anything you need. A 
representative will call on you on request. 

J. E. HERTGEN, Manager 

INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE 
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Harding Addison, teamster, 37 N. Cedar. 
Anna Mrs. 
Elmer. 
Anna. 
Harry Lavinia (widow John), 1 6 N. Cedar. 
Hartranft Ezra, painter, 9 W. Orange. 
Anna Mrs. 
Bertha M. 
Hartranft Lemon, laborer, 1 1 4 Maple. 
Haverstick Clayton, shipping clerk, 2 1 3 S. Broad. 
Maggie Mrs. 
Myra. 
Hayes John, superintendent, 54 E. Main. 

Nora Mrs. 
Hearing Salinda (widow Charles), 6 S. Locust. 
Lizzie, works knitting mill. 
Louisa, works knitting mill. 
Heinaman Jacob, foreman, 1 2 N. Cedar. 
Mary E. Mrs. 
Minnie S., bretzel baker. 
Katie S., works chocolate factory. 
Lizzie, works chocolate factory. 
Elmer S., pupil. 
Ella S. 
John S. 
Heiserman Henry, cigar maker, 334 E. Main. 

Emma, tailoress. 
Heiserman John J., naturalist, 320 E. Main. 
Anna M. Mrs. 
Mary Russel, pupil. 
Catharine (widow George). 
Helman David M., painter, 1 4 1 S. Cedar. 
Lizzie G. Mrs. 
Ernest B., pupil. 
Francis. 
Helman David S., mason, 220 S. Broad. 

Lena Mrs. 
Hepp George L., jeweler, 21 E. Main, residence, |43 E. Main. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
Miriam E., pupil. 

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STANDPIPE AND POWER HOUSE 
LITITZ WATER COMPANY 





Going to billy's 



W. H. BOLLINGER 

75 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 

Practical Baker and Confectioner 
for 42 years 

MANUFACTURER OF 

Home Made Candies, Satin Finish 

Ice Cream, Bread, Cakes 

Dew Drops 

OYSTERS 
IN SEASON 




The smile I wear when I 
get there. 



E. H. KELLER 

Watchmaker, Jeweler 
and Engraver 

8 E. Orange St. Lancaster, Pa. 

A. R. Boniberger & Co. 

Dealers in 

HARDWARE 

OF ALL KINDS 
1 1 S. Broad St. Lititz, Pa. 



I 



Ditzler & Leaman 

CEMENT PAVEMENTS 

;?^ ^-:zz.T=::E g AND - — 

CONCRETE WORK 

Corner Front and Water Sis., Lititz 



J 



OHN R. GIBBEL 

Manufacturing 
Confectioner 



»4. 

,.4. 4.. 



PENNY GOODS A SPECIALTY 
351 E. Main St., Lititz 



A cigar that has 
all the ear marks 
of quality is . . . 

The Doctor 

Its delicate aroma 
will be sure to 
please you. 

Manufactured by 

WALTER S. BARE 

11 West Main Street 
Lititz, Penna. 



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Hepp Ruth C, pupil, 143 E. Main. 

Louis B., pupil. 
Hepp George W., retired, 145 E. Main. 

" Martha Mrs. 
Hernley Jonas, clerk, 1 66 Front. 
Ella Mrs. 
Barbeura. 
Henry, printer. 
Ivan, printer. 
. Christian, clerk. 
Albert, pupil. 
Elam. 
Jacob. 
Melvin. 
" Lloyd. 
Hernley, The Printer (Henry Hernley), 35 N. Broad. 
Herr Emma Mrs (widow Henry), 145 S. Broad. 
Joseph, works box factory. 
Mabel, works chocolate factory. 
Mary, pupil. 
Harry, pupil. 
Herr Sarah, boards 227 E. Main. 
Hershey Aaron G., flour, grain, feed, 58 Front. 
Laura Mrs. 
Guy. 
Thelia. 
Hershey Jacob, carpenter, 220 Front. 
Carrie B. Mrs. 
Grace S. 

Willard S., works starch factory. 
Ruth S., pupil. 
Harvey S. 
Jacob S. 
Hershey John W. G. (Hershey & Gibbel), proprietor Lititz Steam 

Laundry, teller, 40 E. Main. 
Hershey Lizzie R. Mrs. 
Mary G., pupil. 
Owen G., pupil. 
Henry G., pupil. 
John G., pupil. 

[98] 



HENDERSON HEATERS 

FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER 
A warm house— warm all the time— warm all over 




Many sold in Lititz. Catalogue and references upon request 

THE PRIZER-PAINTER STOVE AND HEATER CO. 
Reading, Pa. 



[99] 



Hershey Laura G., 40 E. Main. 
Abram R. 
I. Newton. 
Hershey & Gibbel (J. W. G. Hershey, H. R. Gibbel), real estate and 

insurance agents, conveyancers and scriveners, 1 3 E. Main. 
Hertz Dr. J. Lincoln, physician, office 30 E. Main, boards Springs Hotel. 
Hertzler Benjamin, watchman, 207 E. Main. 
Alice Mrs. 
Mary, pupil. 
Hertzler Jacob, R. F. D. mail clerk, 1 1 6 E. Main. 
Catharine H. Mrs. 
Lizzie B., works knitting mill. 
Jacob B., works chocolate factory. 
Katie May, pupil. 
Norman B., pupil. 
Hess Rev. Charles E., pastor U. E. Church, 40 E. Orange. 
" Martha Mrs. 

Newman W., student. 
Ruth A., pupil. 
Paul H., pupil. 
Hess Henry, implements, 1 08 S. Broad. 
Annie Mrs. 
Norman. 
Hess Lydia, 1 1 7 E. Main. 

Salinda. 
Hess Martin S., coal and lumber. I 3 1 E. Main. 

" Ella Mrs. 
Hiestand Walter W., works paper mill, 1 I 3 W. Lemon. 
Minerva A. Mrs. 
Sterling G. 
Dorothea. 
Himmelberger Dorothy, 30 S. Spruce. 
Himmelberger Lewis, cattle dealer, 239 S. Broad. 
Susan Mrs. 
Roy, laborer. 
Myrtle, pupil. 
Gussie, pupil. 
Leon, pupil. 
Lewis, pupil. 
Hoff Maggie Mrs., 20 S. Spruce. 

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THE 



Warwick House 

offers the comforts and con- 
veniences of the home to people 
visiting Lititz. >»» ^ ^ ^^ ^ 




The Warwick House — the oldest hostelry in northern 
Lancaster County — established 1809 — is located one-half 
square north of the depot, of the trolley terminus and of 
the entrance to the famous Lititz Springs Park. 

A large, well kept lawn affords abundant recreation and 
amusement. 

The meals — prepared by a Pennsylvania Dutch cook — are 
always excellent. 

You can obtain a room with board at $1.50 per day. 
Special rates by the week or month. 

J. S. Badorf, Prop'r 

Lititz, Pa. 



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Hoff Arthur, works chocolate factory, 20 S. Spruce. 
Lloyd, works chocolate factory. 
Harry L., pupil. 
Beatrice M., pupil. 
Charles R. 
Hoffman George A., superintendent Consumers Box Board &c Paper Co., 

156 Front. 
Hoffman Jenny Mrs. 
Hazel, pupil, 
Ina, pupil. 
Miriam, pupil. 
George. 
Hollinger Elmer, laborer, 24 N. Locust. 
Eliza Mrs. 
Mary. 
Hollinger Charles, works Mast factory, 239 S. Broad. 
Holtzhouse Hiram, proprietor Park View Hotel, 25 N. Broad. 
Mary Mrs. 
Ethel, pupil. 
Elizabeth, pupil. 
Marion, pupil. 
Hornberger Alfred K., retired, 1 8 Maple. 
Amanda B. Mrs. 
Charles K., works knitting mill. 
Anna M. 
Hostetter Maude, teacher, boards 56 N. Broad. 
Hotel Sturgis (Milton E. Hacker, proprietor), 45 E. Main. 
Huber Samuel M., plumber, 1 06 E. Main. 
Kathryn Mrs. 
Marion Winifred, pupil. 
Herbert Samuel. 
Huber Susan, seamstress, 2 1 1 E. Main. • 

Elsie, works knitting mill. 
Huebener James J. (Lititz Bretzel Co.), 30 E. Orange. 

Marie Mrs. 
Huebener Mary S. Mrs. (widow Matthias), 68 E. Main. 

Mary, teacher. 
Ideal Cocoa & Chocolate Co. (E. L. Garber, president ; W. H. Math, 
secretary and treasurer), manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa, 42 N. 
Broad. 

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33 Wm aCtug i>tmt 



^Fnrmrrly ull|p (Jlmiprr l^ouar 



"•••*'**•*'•*•***••**•••****•**•*• V •*•'■ ' ■'" ' ■*• 



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ESTABLISHED 1665 

Leinbach & Bro. 

CLOTHIERS AND 
MERCHANT TAILORS 



q Reliable Clothing for 
Men, Boys and Children 
at Reasonable Prices. :: 




Cor. Penn and 8th St. 
READING PENNA. 



H. H. Royer 

Daily 
Meat Market 

of home-raised 

BEEF 
VEAL 
PORK 

24 East Orange Street 
Lititz - - - Penna. 



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Imhoff Christian, restaurant, 3 I East Main, residence 3 1 8 E. Main. 
Lizzie, Mrs. 
Robert, pupil. 
Florence, pupil. 
Eva. 
Inland Chemical Co. (Dr. J. C. Brobst, Propr.) 23 East Main. 
Irvin Emma, works chocolate factory. North Alley. 

Anna. 
Kauffman, Anna G., Mrs., I 09 South Cedar. 

Kauffman Harry S., proprietor Kauffman Knitting Mills, 56 East Main. 
Laura Mrs. 
Howard, operator. 
Lottie. 

Lloyd, operator. 
Kauffman Jacob S., laborer, 23 East Orange. 
Annie Mrs. 
Mary S., pupil. 
Kauffman John S., laborer, boards Blackberry Alley. 
Kauffman Knitting Mills (H. S. Kauffman, proprietor), 2 1 North Spruce. 
Kauffman, Morris, railway mail clerk, 1 60 South Spruce. 
Olivia Mrs. 
Helen. 
Kautz Elmer, merchant, 35 1 E. Main. 
Ellen Mrs. 
Margie, clerk. 
Mary, pupil. 
Kautz Henry, retired, boards 35 I E. Main. 
Keener Lizzie, Raspberry Alley. 

Mabel, works knitting mill. 
Sarah, pupil. 
Keller Alvin, baker, 39 S. Broad. 
Carrie Mrs. 
Elizabeth. 
Clarence. 
Keller Gertrude, housekeeper, Moravian S. S. Chapel, 200 E. Main. 

Grace, telephone operator. 
Keller Helen, 1 8 S. Locust. 
Keller Henry, cigarmaker. Raspberry Alley. 
Carrie Mrs. 
Esther, pupil. 

[ 104] 



Barrels of Air 

Burned as Fuel 

New Remarkable Stove, Ohioan's Great Invention, Con- 
sumes 395 Barrels of Air to One Gallon of Common 
Kerosene Oil Making Oil Gas 

This invention has been fully protected in the U. S. Patent Office and is 
tnown as the Harrison Valveless, Wickless Automatic Oil Gas Generator. 

Analytic Laboratory of William C. Fctsch, 

Consulting and Analytic Chemist, 

2530 W. 6th Street 

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2nd, 1904. 

Thk World Manufacturing Co., 

City — Gentlemen: By experiment and calculation I find that one U. S. 
yallon Kerosene Oil when burned in the Harrison Oil-Gas Stove furnishes 127.4 
cubic feet of combustible gas. It requires 1535 cubic feet of air to completelj' 
burn this amount of gas and give a blue flame. Hence one gallon Kerosene 
furnishes 1662.4 cubic feet or 12,435 gallons or 2,872,627 cubic in. of fuel gas, 
containing proper proportions of air for burning ; the ratio of air to gas being 
11.8 parts of air to 1 part of gas. 

To give some idea as to the space this gas would occupy, it would fill 395 
barrels, each containing 31 >2 gallons, or 197 j4 hogsheads, or would occupy a 
space the dimensions of which would be 10x10x16.62 ft. 

Respectfully submitted, 

WlLI^IAM C. FETSCH. 

W. E. Cameron, 1211 Somerset street, Philadelphia, says: Asa practical 
mechanic I have never had much confidence in oil burning contrivances, but 
after a six weeks' exhaustive test of your blue flame stove I have changed my 
mind. The best thing of all about it is that it is a mechanical impossibility 
for an explosion or fire to occur from it. 

Manhkim, Pa., July 10, 1905. 
I have bought and thoroughly tested one of the Harrison Valveless, 
Wickless, Automatic Oil-Gas Generators and can say it does all the manufac- 
turers claim for it. It gives entire satisfaction. 

Mrs. Annie Balmer, 
Mrs. Charles F. Herber, 
Miami L. Perveil. 

I have samples of these generators or stoves, as they are usually called, 
on hand and would be pleased to exhibit their merits to all interested. 
The prices are right. SOLD ON TEN DAYS' TRIAL. 

Kvery Stove Guaranteed 

EZRA REIST 

South Prussian Street, Manheim, Pa. 

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Keller Clyde, pupil, Raspberry Alley. 
Keller Horace, cattle dealer, 1 35 S. Spruce. 
" Anna H. Mrs. 

Morris, works Mast factory. 
Enos, pupil. 
Roy, pupil. 
May, pupil. 
" Lloyd. 
Clarence. 
Keller Reuben, machinist 1 4 1 S. Broad. 
Annie Mrs. 

Frances, works Sturgis House. 
Peter, works Mast factory. 
Jacob, pupil. 
Laura, pupil. 
Kemper Mary Mrs. (widow Levi), boards 29 W. Main. 
Keppel Harry, cigarmaker, 3 1 S. Broad. 
Margaret Mrs. 
Violet, pupil. 
Grace. 
Keystone Underwear Co. (John L. Wentworth, president and super- 
intendent ; A. B. Long, vice president ; G. Graybill Diehm, secretery '■> 
Israel G. Erb, treasurer. 
Kiessling William, lithographer, 4 S. Cedar. 
Pearl R. Mrs. 
Robert W. 
M. Florence. 
Kile Mamie, works knitting mill, 1 48 South Spruce. 
Killian Anna Mrs. (widow Albert), I 36 South Broad. 
Florence, works knitting mill. 
William, pupil. 
King George, laborer, 34 Front. 

Fannie Mrs. 
Kissinger Darius, cutter, 36 S. Broad. 

Viola Mrs. 
Kissinger Jacob, cigarmaker, 363 E. Main. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Erla, cigarmaker. 
Amy, pupil. 
Luella, pupil. 

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Nattnnal 
Sank 



3lnrnrporatfI> 1901 



CAPITAL 
SURPLUS 



$60,000 
$20,000 



% E. (Stbbrl, (Stiitt 

BmttuvB 

p. J. ROEBUCK, President 

E. L. GARBER, Vice-President 

J. F. BUCH. Secretary 

S. W. BUCH 

N. B. LEAMAN 

WM. AMER 

H. S. MEISKEY 

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Why You Ought 
to Insure in the 

" BANKERS 

Edward A. Temple, President 

Because it bases all premiums on 
the cost of insurance — this cost does 
not include the banquets and ' 'what 
nots" of grafting officials. 

Because it has the bankers' idea 
of AMPLE SECURITY for the per- 
formance of every contract entered 
into, thus avoiding the great weak- 
ness of fraternal insurance. This se- 
curity consists of a guarantee and 
reserve fund amounting to S% 
millions. 

Because back of the Bankers 
is the State of Iowa, which holds all 
its securities. 

Because the membership is select- 
ed with great care— every applicant 
has to be approved by a local banker. 
Because the company is repu- 
table — a recommendation which 
speaks volumes when you consider 
the methods that are used by some 
" old line" concerns. 

' ' For more than fifteen years the 
"Bankers" of Des Moines, Iowa, 
has proven itself worthy of my con- 
fidence, patronage and recommenda- 
tion because of its economic, trust- 
worthy and reputable business 
methods." 

Rev. J. E. Maurer, Pastor of 
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lititz. 

Agents wanted for unoccupied ter- 
ritory. Address A. A. KoONS, State 
Agent, 2212 W. Lehigh Avenue, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

For particulars write, 'phoneorcall 

W. C. ENCK 

General Agent 
236 S. Broad St., Lititz 



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Kissinger Milton. 363 E. Main. 

Alberta. 
Kissinger John M., meat market, 25 S. Broad, residence 36 S. Broad. 
Mary Mrs. 

May, works knitting mill. 
Stephen, works knitting mill. 
Kissinger Laura, works chocolate factory. North Alley. 
Lizzie, pupil. 
Paul, pupil. 
Raymond, pupil 
Kissinger Thomas M., baker, 33 S. Locust. 
Carrie A., Mrs. 
Mary M., works knitting mill. 
Anna J., pupil. 
Kissinger William M., bretzel manufacturer, 39 N. Cedar. 
Sarah N. Mrs. 
Charles, pupil. 
Ardell, pupil. 
Harold, pupil. 
Kittle Sadie, telephone operator, 44 Center. 
Kling Mary Mrs. (widow Christ.), 331 E. Main. 
Kling Frederick, 8 S. Spruce. 
Catherine Mrs. 

Fredericka, works knitting mill. 
Knabel Joseph, laborer, 355 E. Main. 
Catharine Mrs. 
Albert, works knitting mill. 
Lucy, pupil. 
Minnie. 
Kreider Albert, tinsmith and plumber, 33 E. Main, residence 1 38 S. Spruce. 
Mary Mrs. 
Minnie, clerk. 
Morns, pupil. 
Kreider Rev. Charles D., Principal Linden Hall Seminary, Linden Hall. 
Emily H. Mrs. 
Josephine. 
Albert. 
Kreider Charles H., hardware, 1 7 E. Main. 
Annie Mrs. 
Hattie. 

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Dealer in 

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Kreider Chnstiana (wido.v Edward), 4 N. Broad. 

Anna, pupil. 
Kreider David H., retired, 142 S. Broad. 

Maria Mrs. 

David Paul, pupiF. 

Charles Henry. 
Kreider Eugene, se.xton. Church and Juniper Alley. 

Amy N. Mrs. 
Kreider J. William, cigar maoufacturer, 24 S. Spruce. 

Adeline Mrs. 

Chauncey, beiker. 

Qarence, works Mast factory. 

Atwood, clerk. 

Miriam, pupil. 

Martin, pupil. 

Anna, 
Kreider Tobias R., cashier, I 34 S. Broad. 

Frances Mrs. 

Luella, student. 
Kreiner Caroline (widow John), 35 f El Miin. 
Kreiter Katie, domestic, 107 E. Main. 
Kreiter Wilhelmina, 7 W. Orange. 

Leah. 
Kreiter Pauline, box trimmer. 29 S. CeJir. 
Kreiter Rosa, 1 I I S. Broad. 
Krick Florence, 124 S. Spruce. 
Kulp Albert, blacksmith, 25 S. I^ocust. 
Rosie Mrs. 

Jennie, works shoe factory. 
" Mary. 
Lacey Ella B. Mrs. (widow Mark), music teacher, 16 Maple. 
Norman, student. 
Paul, pupil. 
Landes Charles (Baker, Landes & Muraraa), 1 38 S. Broad. 

" Mabel Mrs. 
Landis Amos, laborer, 80 N. Cedar. 
Landis David, laundry, 36 E. Main. 

Lane Dr. Cameron E., dentist, P. O. Building, boards 65 E. Mb 
Lang Lee, laundry, 3 I N. Broad, boards Warwick House. 
Leaman Adaline Mrs., cigarmaker, 46 Front. 

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Brass Labor Saving Rule Metal Borders 

Brass Column Rules L. S. Metal Furniture 

Brass Circles Metal Leaders 

Brass Leaders Spaces and Quads 6 to 
Brass Round Comers 36 Point 

Metal Quoins 

We are now making TYPEL Our first series will be the 
popular DE VINNE, which we have nearly ready from 6 to 36 
POINT. Other standard faces will follow as rapidly as posable. 

Old Column Rules refaced and made as good as new at small 
cost 

Highest prices paid for old type, leads, electros, brass, etc 

Please remember that we eire not in any Trust or Combination 
and are sure that we can make it greatly to your advantage to deal 
with us, 

A copy of our Catalogue will be cheerfully furnished upon 
request 

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Our The fact that men who were 

Dealing customers in 1876 are still 

customers in 1905 indicates 

that our dealing is " on the 

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By our method we always 
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the " insides " of a garment 
are just as carefully tailored 
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We have never yet asked a 
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Light Ella, 8 S. Spruce. 

Daniel E., Jr., pupil. 
Linden Hall Seminary, Rev. Chas. D. Kreider, principal ; Church 

Square. 
Lippott Elizabeth (widow Charles W.), I 4 S. Spruce. 
Litch Albert T., cigarmaker, 344 E. Main. 
Lititz Board of Trade (J- W. G. Hershey, president ; E. L. Garber, Vice 

president; H. H. Martin, financial secretary ; W. H. Muth, secretary ; J. G. 

Zook, treasurer), I 3 E. Main. 
Lititz Bologna Co. (John Erb, John M. Dillman), factory, Lititz, Pa., 

R. F. D. No. 1 , office, 62 Front. 
Lititz Bretzel Co. The (James J. Huebener, proprietor), manufacturers of 

bretzels, Pine Alley. 
Lititz Dairy Co. The (N. K. Buch, president ; John M. Pfautz, secretary ; N. 

K. Brubaker, treasurer), manufacturers of butter, N. Alley, E. of Water. 
Lititz Express The (John G. Zook, editor and publisher) printed every 

Friday morning, 22 E. Main. 
Lititz Hose Co., 33 E. Orange. 
Lititz National Bank The (Israel G. Erb, president ; Henry R. Erb, vice 

president ; T. R. Kreider, cashier ; J. W. G. Hershey, assistant cashier ; J. 

M. Pfautz, teller), 40 E. Main. 
Lititz Record The (J. Frank Buch, editor and publisher), printed every 

Thursday afternoon, 9 S. Broad. 
Lititz Lithographing Co. The (Dr. James C. Brobst, president ; Wm. J. 

Kiessling, secretary; H. Reist Landis, treasurer), lithographing, printing, 

binding and manufacturers of boxes, R. R. and Water. 
Lititz Public Schools, 1 6 S. Cedar. 
Lititz Shoe Co. The (Nathaniel Leaman, president ; Elam Risser, secretary 

and treasurer ; J. C. Blood, manager), manufacturers of ladies' and children's 

shoes, R. R., between Water and N. Locust. 
Lititz Springs Hotel The (Frank Pfautz, proprietor), corner Broad and Main. 
Lititz Springs Park, a fine picnic ground, R. R. and N. Broad. 
Lititz Springs Sanitarium (Dr. J. C. Brobst, proprietor), 1 1 9 S. Broad. 
Lititz Steam Laundry (J. W. G. Hershey, proprietor). Juniper Alley. 
Loeffler Calvin S., barber, 20 N. Broad. 

Fannie Mrs. 
Loercher Charles H., electrician, 1 1 I W. Lemon. 
Elnora Mrs. 
Everett. 
Long D. Alonzo, dentist, 1 9 S. Broad, residence, 1 8 W. Lemon. 

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Long Sadie Mrs., 1 8 W. Lemon. 
Samuel C, pupil. 
" Bertha. 
Claude. 
Long Harry, laborer, 148 S. Broad. 
Emma Mrs. 

Alvin, works knitting mill. 
Long Harry D., salesman, I 34 S. Broad. 
Susan Mrs. 
Marguerite, pupil. 
Edith, pupil. 
Long John M., furniture and undertaker, 74 E. Main. 
" Annie M. Mrs. 
John, Jr. 
Longenecker Harry, apprentice, 1 5 W. Main. 
Longenecker Levi, R. R. laborer, 80 Front. 

Minnie Mrs. 
Longenecker Levi, confectioner, 25 S. Broad, residence 18 E. Orange. 
Longenecker Wayne, works chocolate factory, I 8 E. Orange. 
Bertha V. Mrs. 
Mary. 
Longenecker William, veterinary surgeon, 1 5 E. Orange. 
Lillie, Mrs. 
Guy, pupil. 
Anna. 
Loose Martin, laborer, boards 347 E. Main. 
Lutz Benjamin F., butcher and merchant, 35 N. Cedar. 
" Nora Mrs. 
" Ruth M. 
" John H. 

Benjamin S., Jr. 
Lutz Ezra, butcher, 1 5 N. Cedar. 
" Alice Mrs. 
Leon, pupil. 
Nettie, pupil. 
Alberta, pupil. 
Lutz Benjamin, Sr., butcher, 1 9 N. Cedar, residence, 1 6 N. Cedar. 

" Eliza Mrs. 
Lutz Julia (widow Adam), 2 I S. Locust. 
McCauley Katie A., seamstress, 25 S. Cedar. 

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• Establ 

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1000 I 

THK TOUC 

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The advantage of a central 
facilities, where expenses a 
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OFFICE A 
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1 PAINT v» ^ ^ 

It is a matter of wisdom 
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Painter. 

When you have such 
work see 

Wm. G. Eshleman 

Practical Painter and Paper Hanger 

Fine Wall Paper and Room 

Mouldings to select from 

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McCloud Harry, laundryman, 1 06 S. Broad. 
Mary Mrs. 
Eleanor. 
McCloud John F., works cigar factory, 46 E. Orange. 
Anna Mrs. 

Clara, works cigar factory. 
Morris, pupil. 
McCreary Alice, domestic, 335 E. Main. 
Stella, worVs box factary. 
Mabel, pupil. 
McCreary Walter, 502 E. Main. 
Salome Mrs. 
Raymond, pupil. 
McKinney Frank, laborer, 30 S. Spruce. 

Floyd, pupil. 
Madlem John, laborer, 1 1 3 S. Spruce. 
Barbara Mrs. 
Paul, pupil. 
Leon, pupil. 
Blanche. 
Mahlschnee Ambrose, tobacco stripper, I I 6 S. Spruce. 

Annie Mrs. 
Mahlschnee Phares, cigarmaker, 144 S. Spruce. 

Mary Mrs., cigarmaker. 
Marks Frank, miller, HIS. Cedar. 
" Alice H. Mrs. 
Herbert E., pupil. 
Marks Henry, clerk, I 53 S. Spruce. 
" Clara Mrs. 
Nellie, pupil. 
Miles, pupil. 
Aileen. 
Freda. 
Marks Milford, teamster, 208 S. Spruce. 

Laura Mrs., works shoe factory. 
Martin Horace H. (Martin & Muth), 1 1 8 Front St. 
Rosella Mrs. 
Margaret. 
Martin Tobias, retired farmer, I 1 2 Front. 
Catharine Mrs. 

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THE OTHELLO, with a beautiful 
exterior and faultless interior, is a 
synonym for stove perfection. 
Effe<5live with either hard or soft coal, 
the Othello does its kitchen work 
perfectly and will at the same time 
heat the room above. 

W. M. WEITZEL 

Plumber a.nd Tinner 
15 W. Main St. Lititz, Pa. 



DIAMONDS 
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Martin Kathryn, 1 I 2 Front. 

Frances. 
Martin & Muth (Horace H. Martin, William H. Muth), coal, lumber, 

slate, salt, etc., 48 N. Broad. 
Mast John M., superintendent Mast Manufacturing Co., 153 E. Main. 
Sarah Mrs. 
Emily, teacher. 
Mary, student. 
Ralph, pupil. 
Mast Manufacturing Co. (Daniel B. Becker, president ; J. Clayton Bru- 
baker, secretary ; Nathaniel K. Brubaker, treasurer), sawyers and manu- 
facturers of traps, cutters, floats, etc., Water and R. R. 
Mathers John, cigarmaker, 20 W. Orange. 
Katharine Mrs. 
John E. 
" Earl S. 
Mathers William H., barber, 12 W. Main, residence 22 W. Orange. 

Minnie Mrs. 
Mathers William, cigarmaker, 1 1 4 S. Broad. 
Caroline Mrs. 
Carrie, works knitting mill. 
Catharine (widow Ford). 
Maurer Rev. Jacob E., pastor St. Paul Lutheran Church, I 7 W. Orange. 
" Anna H. Mrs. 

Margaret L. 
" Ruth M., pupil. 
" M. Winifred. 
Theodore C. 
Meek William, hostler, Sturgis House. 
Meek Jeremiah, works chocolate factory, 52 N. Broad. 
Louisa, Mrs. 
John. 
George. 
Leon. 
Meiley David, blacksmith, 24 1 S. Broad. 
Sadie Mrs. 
Leon. 
Meiley Lemon, bretzel baker, 375 E. Main. 
Katharine Mrs. 
John F., bretzel baker. 

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MORAVIAN BOARDING 
SCHOOL FOR BOYS 

NAZARETH, PA. 

Beautiful location, exceptionally healthful climate, steam heat, electric 
lights, military system preparation for college. Regular academic course 
of study. ^ All the expenses of the year are $400. This includes 
board, washing, tuition in all English branches, fuel, light, bedding and 
table furniture, military drill and the use of the equipment. Pupils 
admitted at any time. Send for catalogue. 

REV. S. J. BLUM, D. D., PRINCIPAL 



If You Have Trouble With 
Your Baking, Try Our 

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brand of flour. We couldn't 
afford to disappoint customers 
by recommending this flour if 
it were not just what we claim 
for it — the best at the price. 

ylt all T>ealers 

W. M. ZOOK 

Proprietor of the 

Millport Roller Mills 
R. F. D. No. 4 LITITZ, PA. 



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2nd Floor P. 0. Building 

Lititz, Pa. 



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Meiley Ralph F., pupil, 375 E. Main. 
Meiley Linnaeus, cigarmaker, 29 S. Locust. 
Amanda Mrs. 
Fianna. 

Nora, cigarmaker. 
Meiley Monroe, cigarmaker, 3 I 5 E. Main. 
" Kate Mrs. 
Esther. 
Meiskey Arthur, cigarmaker, boards 1 6 S. Broad. 

Charles, cigarmaker. 

Harry, cigarmaker. 
Meiskey Clayton Z., superintendent cigar factory, 27 W. Lemon. 

Ada E. Mrs. 

Bernice, pupil. 

Richard. 
Meiskey Frances Mrs., 1 12 S. Cedar, 

Morris W., cigarmaker. 

William, knitter. 

Roy E., cutter. 

Frank H., pupil. 

Mildred E., pupil. 

Elizabeth, pupil. 
Meiskey Harry S., leaf tobacco and cigar manufacturer, 1 S. Spruce. 

Emma Mrs. 

Wilbur, wholesale jeweler. 

Mary H. 

Harry R., pupil. 

Anna L., pupil. 

Carl E., pupil. 
Meiskey Wallace, sign painter and cigarmaker, 462 E. Main. 

Laura A., Mrs, 

Carrie, milliner. 

Helen. 

Ruth, pupil. 
Meiskey & Heiland (Harry S. Meiskey, John F. Heiland), leaf tobacco, 24 

S. Spruce. 
Mellinger Tillie, Miller's Row. 

George, works chocolate factory, 
Michael Henry, grocer, 9 S. Spruce. 

Haniet Mrs. 

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Michael Allen, clerk, 9 S. Spruce. 

Miksch Clara O., matron. Linden Hall. 

Miksch Haydn N., wholesale lumber and manufacturer of cigars, 62 E. 

Main. 
Miksch Mary Mrs. 

Miksch James A., plumber, 1 19 S. Cedar. 
Lillian Mrs. 
May G., clerk. 
James W., apprentice. 
Emily, pupil. 
Miller Charles, cigarmaker, 228 S. Broad. 
Sadie Mrs., cigarmaker. 
Irvin, pupil. 
Miller Charles (H. C. Miller & Bro.), residence 47 S. Broad. 
Lena Mrs. 
Harry, pupil. 
Charles. 
" William. • 

Catharine Mrs. (widow Emanuel). 
Miller Ella, works knitting mill, 1 5 W. Lemon. 
Miller Elsie, domestic, 1 2 7 S. Broad. 
Miller Emma Mrs. (widow Johnson), 44 S. Broad. 
Elizabeth. 
John, bookkeeper. 
Emma, student. 
Miller George C, works Mast factory. Miller's Row. 
Isabella Mrs. (widow Edward J.). 
Ida, works shoe factory. 
Miller Harry C. (H.C. Miller & Bro.). 47 S. Broad, residence 146 S. Broad. 
" Mabel Mrs. 
" Abram B. 
Kathryn R. 
Miller Henry Em, retired merchant, 1 28 S. Broad. 

Amelia Mrs. 
Miller Henry P., laborer, 32 Maple. 
" Adeline Mrs. 
Katie, pupil. 
Leroy, pupiL 
Ella, pupiL 
Irving. 

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Miller Harry, 32 Maple. 

Miller John H. M., bookkeeper. 201 E. Main. 
Kathryn Mrs. 
Thelma Ruth. 
Miller Lizzie Mrs. (widow Martin), 22 S. Broad. 
Miller Mark, cutter, 1 1 5 S. Cedar. 
Miller Walter, fireman, 1 1 S. Spruce. 
" Ada Mrs. 
Edna. 
Cora. 
Miller H. C. & Bro., merchants, 47 S. Broad. 
Minnlch Jacob H., retired farmer, 3 1 3 E. Main. 

Annie Mrs. 
Mohler Harry N., teacher, I 6 S. Broad. 
Rebecca Mrs. 
Frederick. 
. Mohn Christian, cigarmaker, Miller's Row. 
" Kate Mrs. 
Harry, pupil. 
Minnie E., pupil. 
Charles, pupil. 
" Paul. 
Lillian. 
Moore Frank C, laborer, 52 N. Cedar. 
" Ella Mrs. 

Charles F., pupil. 
Leon W., pupil. 
" Luella B. 
Mumma John (Baker, Landes & Mumma), residence 233 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Beulah, pupil. 
Grace, pupil. 
" Paul. 
Ralph. 
Musselman Harry A., steward. Linden Hall. 
Emma Mrs. 
Paul. 
Muth William H. (Martin & Muth), residence 2 I 6 S. Broad. 
" Elizabeth Mrs. 
Eleanor, pupil. 

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JOHN L. WENTWORTH, President and Superintendent 



A. B. LONG 

Vice-President 

HARNISH & 
HARNISH Counsel 



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Capital 



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Capacit}' 400 dozen 
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KEySTONE 

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G. G. DIEHM, 

Secretary 

ISRAEL G. ERB 

Treasurer 



Began Business 
1898 

Incorporated, 1905 



Manufacturers of 

..RIBBED UNDERWEAR.. 

For Men 



Our underwear is an article of quality, and appeals to men who 
appreciate a good wearing garment. 

Its particular excellence is in the remarkable elasticity of the fabric 
we use. It always maintains that same elegant silky feel and easy, com- 
fortable fit from first to last. 

By a special process our colored underwear is guaranteed not to 
stain, but will hold its color permanently. 

Our garments are made in various sizes, weights and colors. 



A FEW FACTS FROM OUR HISTORY 

Our existence dates from 1898. When we zvere jive year^ 
otd^l903 — 07ir buildings were considerably enlarged, and re- 
enlarged by the addition of a dye-house, in 1905 . 

We now use 21,000 square feet of floor space, and a groiving 
business necessitates additio7ial space. 

We have our own electric light system, and manufactute our 
ozvn boxes. 

Customers on the books in 1898 are still doing business rvith us. 



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Muth Martin, pupil. 2 1 6 S. Broad. 
Frederick. 
Sarah. 
Henry. 
Myers Rev. John, retired farmer, 107 S. Broad. 

Lizzie Mrs. 
Mylin Barbara, teacher, 204 S. Spruce. 
Neff Jacob, laundryman, boards 2 1 7 S. Broad. 

Christian, student. 
Neidermyer Harry S. (Neidermyer Bros.), 224 Front. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Robert Emory, pupil. 
Mabel. 

Frederick Luther. 
Neidermyer Lemon S. (Neidermyer Bros.), 1 42 Front. 
Edna Ruth, pupil. 
Naomi May. 
Mary Esther. 
Neidermyer Frederick, 4 I 6 E. Main. 
Mary Mrs. 
Alice, dressmaker. 
Neidermyer Bros. (Harry S. and Lemon S.), contractcrs and builders, R. 

R., east of N. Cedar. 
Nelson William, engineer, 1 22 W. Lemon.* 
Anna Mrs. 

Homer, works shoe factory. 
Monroe, works shoe factory. 
Gertrude, pupil. 
William, pupil. 
Margie, pupil. 
Arthur. 
Daniel. 
Nies Aaron, laborer, 1 S. Locust. 
Nies Henry, cigarmaker, 1 5 Willow. 
" Ella Mrs. 
Marion, pupil. 
Nies Ira, painter, 433 E. Main. 

" Sadie Mrs. 
Nies Linnaeus, R. F. D. mail clerk, 70 Front. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 

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Established as a Reorganized as a 

State Bank T^X-* ..^ National Bank 

1868 1 llG 1880 

Capital Stock IwiilitZ Surplus And 

Paid In ^ Profits 

$105,000 National $45,000 
Bank 

SOLICITS PATRONAGE IN 

TIME DEPOSITS 

AND 

CURRENT ACCOUNTS 

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Rents Boxes in Its Safety Fire and 

Burglar-Proof Steel Vaults 

Stores Valuables at 

Moderate Prices 

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OFFICERS 

ISRAEL G. ERB, President 
HENRY R. ERB, Vice-President 

T. R. KREIDER, Cashier 
J. W. G. HERSHEY, Assistant Cashier 

JOHN M. PFAUTZ, Teller 

DIRECTORS 

ISRAEL G. ERB A. W. SHOBER J. H. SHENK, M. D. 

HENRY R. ERB A. B. LONG A. R. BOMBERGER 

H. REIST LANDIS M. S. HESS P. B. KOFROTH 

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Nies Irene, pupil, 70 Front. 

Nies William, farmer, 435 E. Main. 

Lucinda, Mrs. 
Nissley Jennie, waitress. Springs Hotel. 
Nissley Fannie, waitress, Springs Hotel. 

Northwestern Life Insurance Co., L. K. Grosh, agent, 9 E. Main. 
Oberholzer Barbara B., pupil, 36 E. Main. 
Ochs George, laborer, H 5 S. Spruce. 
Ochs William, works knitting mill. 

Augustine Mrs. 
Oehme W. Birney, barber, 22 Main, residence 237 E. Main. 
Annie Mrs. 
Lewis, cigarmaker. 
Helen, works shoe factory. 
William, works Mast factory. 
Mazie, pupil. 
Ruth, pupil. 
Palm Louisa (widow Jacob), 74 Front. 
Palm Mary, matron sanitarium, II 9 S. Broad. 
Penna. Telephone Co., 1 34 E. Main. 

Park House (M. L. Dellinger, propr.), boarding and restaurant, 26 N. Spruce. 
Park View Hotel (H. Holtzhouse, propr.), 25 N. Broad. 
Peters Ada, domestic, 1 1 S. Broad. 
Pfautz Addison, carriage builder, 305 E. Main. ' 
Clara Mrs. 
Monroe, laborer. 
William, student. 
Irwin, pupil. 
Jennie. 
Pfautz David W., barber, 29 N. Broad, residence I 03 E. Main. 

Fianna, Mrs. 
Pfautz Frank (propr. Springs Hotel), 1 4 E. Main. 
" Mary E. Mrs. 
Ralph, pupil. 
Pfautz Henry, cigarmaker, boards 46 Front. 
Pfautz Isaac G., retired, 2 W. Orange and 50 S. Broad. 
" Maria Mrs. 

Charles, railway mail clerk. 
Pfautz John M., bank clerk, 240 S. Broad. 
Harriet Reed Mrs. 

[1301 



1 SAMUEL STARK 

1 Manufacturer of 
1 all kinds of 

1 CIGAR BOXES 

j 1 sell the Frederick Cigar Cutter 
1 Best on Earth 

j Broad St., Lititz, Pa. 




C. Harvey Krick 
Barber 

Children's ^^ 1 Aim to 
Hair-Cutting ' Please the 
a Speciclty Most Particular 

1st Floor Rudy Bidg., Lititz, Pa. 




^,-,.— ., n.~..«-l if 

Lee Lang 

J CHINESE 

1 AUNDRY 

Everything Clean, White and 
Spotless 

1 Next door to Ritchie's Restaurant 


1 

i 


Ihe Oliver 
lypewriter 

is the best writing machine 
j made. Write or call for par- 
1 ticulars. John G. Zook, Agent. | 
i 22 Main Street., Lititz, Pa. j 




i W. H. KNCK 

1 UNDERTAKER 
lAND EMBALMER 

1 

1 and dealer in 

FxTrniture 

^ ^ ^ 

LITITZ, PA. 



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Pfautz John M., Jr., 240 S. Broad. 
Pfaulz Otis, cigarmaker, i 5 N. Cedar. 
Jennie Mrs. 
Sylvia. 
Putt John, rear 72 Front. 
" Annie L. Mrs. 

Florence Estella, pupil. 
Allen Foster, pupil. 
Howard Henry. 
Rader Frank, cigarmaker, 3 I E. Orange. 
" Mary E. Mrs. 
Arlie B., pupil. 
Jeanette, pupil. 
Margie. 
Rapp Samuel S., cigar packer, I I 5 S. Cedar. 

Amanda, housekeeper. 
Rapp William, cigarmaker, I 1 6 Maple. 
Emma L, Mrs. 
Paul, pupil. 
" Elias W. 
Ream Charles, plasterer, 27 S. Cedar. 

" Ida Mrs. 
Ream Mary Mrs. (widow Calvin), 27 S. Broad. 
Reedy Hiram C, cigarmaker, 1 5 I S. Spruce. 
Annie Mrs. 
Grace. 
" Carl. 
Reedy Samuel B., retired, I 5 1 S. Spruce. 

Harriet Elizabeth Mrs. 
Reedy Lucius, cigarmaker, 145 S. Spruce. 

Alice Mrs. 
Regennas Clarence E., machinist, 300 E. Main. 
Regennas William H., plumber. Raspberry Alley. 
Mary S. Mrs. 
Viola, works box factory. 
Miriam, pupil. 
Reidenbach Adam B., Justice of the Peace and insurance agent, 101 E. 

Main. 
Reidenbach Fianna Mrs. 

Mary H., teacher. 

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o 



UR best advertisement is the quality 
of our goods and the treatment we 

n is » a 



give our cu^omers. 





Wheat * Hominy | 






Corn • Chop ! 




If 

You 

Use 


Oats Flour 
Cracked Corn Hay 
Chick Food Straw 

i Bran H O Poultry Food 
Shorts Horse, Cattle and 

j Middlings ^^ Poultry Powders 


Ours 

Will 

Please 


Good X)alues-Good Service 


Good Treatment— for Cash 


LITITZ GRAIN ELEVATOR 


Telephones Elmef E. Ebv, Proprietor R- R. Siding 

Bell No. 42 ^r-r^Ai-. cT-r-.r-r-r iiT-i-T-y da ^'^'^^ ^"'" 
Ind. No. 129 CEDAR STREET : : LlTlTZ, PA. Delivery Team 



Paints, Oils 



GLASS 
C. H. Kreider 

Main Street Lititz, Pa. 

I PRINT TO PLEASE 



Specialties : 

Druggists' Printing 
Superior Job Work 
Labels Die-cut 



Fine 

Wedding 

Stationery 



D. B. Landis 

Pluck Art Printery 

38 E. Chestnut St 

Lancciiler, Pa. 



L. H. SHELLY 

Dealer in 

General Merchandise 

Front and N. Broad Sts. 
LITITZ. PA. 

SHOPS ^^^ ^" ^^^*°"* ^^ ^^^ 

^1 IVyL.3 yg^^^ Jqp Service, Com- 
fort, Fit and Style, at 

D. L. BOWMAN'S 

26 East Main St. Lititz. Pa. 

JACOB H. GROSSMAN 

Proprietor of 

The West End Dairy 

Fresh Milk and Cream Daily 
204 S. Spruce Street LITITZ. PA. 

H. P. FRY'S 

Drug and Department Store 

lOO E. Main Street 
Best Goods Lowest Prices 



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Reidenbach Harry E., photographer, sli:d o, P. O. building, residence, 1 37 

E. Main. 
Reidenbach Elizabeth Mrs. 
Mildred. 
Emma. 
Reifsnyder Emanuel, cigarmaker, 422 E. Main. 
Katie Mrs. 
Walter A., baker. 
Clayton E., laborer. 
Reifsnyder Mary W. (widow Henry), Apple Alley. 

Jacob, clerk. 
Reinhold Catharine, 27 S. Cedar. 
Reinhold Chester M., pupil, 23 E. Orange. 
Reinhold Harry, works shoe factory, 4 1 3 E. Mam. 

Frank, pupil. 
Reist Katie, domestic, 53 N. Broad. 
Reist Susan (widow Peter), 1 2 7 E. Main. 
Rettew Harvey, works starch factory, 22 S. Broad. 
Rickert Adelaide L., I 29 E. Main. 
Ringer Peter, clerk, 1 5 W. Lemon. 
Susan Mrs. (widow Haydn). 
Charles. 
" William. 
Theodore. 
Ritchie Elmer C, restaurant, 33 N. Broad, residence 32 W. Main. 
Lydia Mrs. 
Margaret, student. 
Lloyd, pupil. 
Roebuck Dr. J. Paul, physician, 23 S. Broad. 

Anna M. Mrs. 
Roebuck Dr. Peter J., physician, 19 N. Broad. 

Emma Mrs. 
Rollman Charles, cigarmaker, 52 S. Spruce. 

Ellen H., Mrs., tobacco stripper. 
Rollman Henry, cigarmaker, 1 48 S. Spruce. 

Alice, cigarmaker. 
Rollman Unas, works paper mill, 32 E. Main. 
Sallie Mrs. 
Stella, clerk. 

Mabel, works starch factory. 
Muriel. 

fI34l 



Northern Trust and 
Savings Co. 

Northern National Bank Building 

138 North Queen St. Lancaster, Pa. 



Cash Capital Paid in, 4P125.000 
Undivided Profits, #50,000 



BANKING. This Company is full\ 
equipped to do a regular banking 
business. Deposit accounts re- 
ceived, subject to check. 

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT is- 
sued, bearing interest at the rate of 
three per cent, per annum for six 
months, four per cent, per annum 
for twelve months. These certifi- 
cates are issued at an}' time and 
draw interest from date. 

SAVINGS DEPOSITS. We make a 
specialtv of Savings Deposit ac- 
counts. Interest connnences every 
month and is payable January and 
July, at the rate of 4 per cent, per 
annum. Deposits can be made at 
anytime, $1.00 is enough to start an 
account. Ask for printed rules for 
savings depbsits. 

HOME SAVINGS BANKS, Loaned 
to depositors in the savings depart- 
ment without charge. Call and get 
one of these little banks and com- 
mence the saving habit. 

TRUST DEPARTMENT. A perpet- 
ual charter authorizes this Company 
to act as Executor, Administrator, 
Guardian, Trustee, etc. Wills re- 
ceipted for and safeguarded free of 
charge. All trust funds deposited 
and invested separately from those 
of the Company. 

LOANS made on first mortgage and 
collateral securities. We want your 
business, be it large or small. 
J. FRED'K SENER, President 
ISRAEL G. ERR, Vice-President 
E. J. RYDER, Treasurer 
JOHN E. SNYDER, Solicitor 

DIRECTOR,S 
J. Fred'k Sener H. K. Myers 
Israel G. Erb Levi S. Gross 

B. H. Suavely F. A. Achey, M.D. 

John E. Snyder George Bard 
George S. Geyer John W. Eshleman 



Jacob L. Ranck 



JuBttrr of X\\t J^f ar? 
anb 

ilnsuranr? 

ppnatmtB 
a ^rtialtg 

lai East ilaiu ^XxttX 
2Itttt2, ^rnna. 

A. G. Hershey 

....Merchant Miller.... 



DEALER IN 



Flour, Grain 
Feed, Hay 
and Straw 

Highest market prices paid for w^heat. 
MANUFACTURER OF 

Hershey's Celebrated 

Corn Meal 



Front Street 



Lititz, Pa. 



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Rosenberg Charles, manufacturer of Great Century Oil, 234 Fronl. 
Belle Mrs. 
Archie, pupil. 
Arthur, pupil. 
Morris. 
John. 
Mary. 
Theodore. 
Wilfred. 

Roth Rev. David A., pastor St. James Lutheran Church, 28 W. Orange. 
" Marie Mrs. 
" Allen. 
Royer Frank, works shoe factory, 358 E. Main. 
Anna Mrs. 
Lottie, cigarmaker. 
Sadie, knitter. 
Elizabeth, knitter. 
Stella, works chocolate factory. 
" Anna B. 
Royer Harvey H., butcher, 24 E. Orange. 
" Ada Mrs. 
" Paul. 
Rubrecht Samuel, assistant freight agent, 1 3 S. Spruce. 
Carrie Mrs. 
Earla. 
Ruch Salinda, boards, 8 1 N. Locust. 
Rudy Jacob, retired, 79 N. Water. 
Barbara Mrs. 
Fannie. 
Rudy Levi, butcher, 337 E. Main. 
" Ellen Mrs. 

Elmer, butcher. 
Harry, works Mast factory. 
Clayton, pupil. 
Lizzie, pupil. 
Ellen, pupil. 
Barbara, pupil. 
Clarence. 
Rudy Lillie Ida Mrs. (widow Miles), 34 E. Main. 
Florence Amanda, pupil. 

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The 

Lititz Bologna 

Company 

Manufacturers of 

Fine 
Bologna 

Office : 62 Front St. 
Warehouse : R. F. D. No. 1 

Lititz, Pa. 



H.C. Miller &Bro. 

DEALERS IN 

Dry Goods 

Groceries 

Fancy Goods 

Notions 

Country Produce 




Cor. Broad and Orange Streets 
Lititz, Pa. 



Neidermyer 
Brothers 

CARPENTERS 
and BUILDERS 



Manufacturers of and dealers in 
aU kinds of MILL WORK. 

ASK FOR ESTIMATES 
N. Cedar and R. R., Lititz, Pa. 



7 POINT 

OIL 

LINIMENT 

A purely Vegetable Com- 
pound for Sprains, Bruises, 
Stomach and Kidnej' Troubles, 
Sick Headache and Colds. 
Used externally or internall}-. 
After you have once tested the 
merits of the Liniment you'll 
not be without it. 

Mr. Sesseman :— The Sesseman Liniment 
is all it claims to be--perfectly reliable. We 
have used it in our family with excellent re- 
sults. 1 heartily recommend it to everybody. 

REV. I. WALTON BOBST, 

formerly Pastor St. Paul Lutheran Church. 

Sent postpaid on receipt of 
price, 25c for small size and 50c 
for large size bottle. 

Manufactured by 

WILLIAM SESSEMAN 

S. Broad St., Lititz 




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Rudy Harry Bear, pupil, 34 E. Main. 

Miriam Adelaide, pupil. 

Bertha Elizabeth, pupil. 

Helen May, pupil. 

Lillian Janet. 

Anna Grace. 
Runk Frank, painter, 40 E. Center. 

Agnes Mrs. 

Lester E. 

Dervine B. 



Ruth William, cement worker, rear 20 Front. 

Annie Mrs. 
Sahm Margaret Mrs (widow Isaac), 232 S. Broad. 

Elizabeth Mrs., teacher. 
Schleith John, works chocolate factory, 2 1 S. Spruce. 

May Mrs. 
Schoenberger George K., carpenter, I 46 S. Spruce. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Elizabeth, works knitting mill. 
Harry, works knitting mill. 
Emma, works chocolate factory. 
Margie, pupil. 
George, Jr. 
Schoenberger Lewis, laborer, 32 W. Maple. 
Schoenberger Wilson, cigarmaker. Raspberry Alley, 
Mamie Mrs. 
Galen. 
Schreiner George D., laborer. 2 1 7 S. Broad. 
Fannie Mrs. 
Mary, boards. 
Schreiner Hiram G., clerk, 3 i W. Main. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Daniel, works shoe factory. 
Ada, works shoe factory. 
John H., pupil. 

Sarah Mrs. (widow John), boards. 
Schmuck Jefferson, laborer, 107 S. Cedar. 

Susie Mrs. 
Scott Rebecca Mrs., 1 26 S, Broad. 

f 138] 



Our Place 
Is Clean — 
Our Meals 
Are Palatable 
And Wholesome 

^ "All is not gold that glitters." 
Neither is all wholesome that is 
tempting in appearance. It is 
not enough that food should 
look well and taste well ; it 
must be made of clean food 
stuffs, by a cleanly cook, m a 
clean kitchen. 

^ Our preparations look well, 
taste well and are as clean and 
wholesome as any meal that 
" mother ever made." 
^ Drop into our rooms at any 
time, and we will be pleased to 
prove that these statements are 
based on facts. 

Flemings 

27 Sonth Broad Street 



IBargatu ^tavt 

Largest stock of 5c and 10c goods 
in town. Every counter a bargain 
counter. 

Come-See-'Us 



Cedar St. 



Lititz 

• • "It"*** - ^ 



A. C. PFAUTZ 

BUILDER OF 

FINE WAGONS =^^ 
:^ AND CARRIAGES 

'Practical Smith and 
Horse Shoer 

305 East Main St. Lititz, Pa. 



There Are QQ Reasons 

Wtiy Bowman's Bread should be on 
your table — but summing up — the 
hundreth would be because — 



It's Good 

J. B. BOWMAN 

LITITZ, PA. 



nuunitr Post (Ear&s. 

i»iimtruir iBrt0klpta. 

(EalruiJara. Str.. 
prtntrb frnm plnititgraplta 
at tlir . . - 

IGttits. fa. 



[139 1 



Seaber Caroline, 127 E. Main. 

Seaber Harvey, painter, 1 1 W. Orange. 

Susie Mrs. 
Seaber Henry, carpenter, I 6 S. Cedar. 
Mary Mrs. 

Haydn, works chocolate factory. 
Edward, laborer. 
Seaber James, cigarmaker, 8 1 Locust. 
Alice Mrs. 
Bertha, pupil. 
Seaber Mary (widow Charles) 34 E. Orange. 
Seaber Samuel, postmaster, 133 E. Main. 
Lydia Mrs. 
Paul M., postal clerk. 
Seiverling William P., carpenter, boards, 224 Front. 
Seldomridge Harry C, retired, 153 S. Broad. 
Clara Mrs. 
Plorence. 
Mabel. 
Sesseman James, contracting painter, 1 08 S. Spruce. 
Anna Mrs. 
Cora. 
Sesseman John, painter, 102 S. Spruce. 
Mary Mrs. 
Harry, cigarmaker. 
Sesseman William, manufacturer of 7 point liniment, 226 S. Broad. 
Katie Mrs. 

Lillie, works knitting miU. 
Bertha, pupil. 
Sheaffer Harry, electrician, 56 N. Broad. 

Kathryn Mrs. 
Sheetz Louisa, boarding, 1 29 E. Main. 
Shenk David, cigarmaker, 27 S. Cedar. 
" Amelia G. Mrs. 
Rhea C, pupil. 
Rhona, pupil. 
Reinhold. 
Shenk Emma, domestic, 35 N. Cedar. 
Shenk Dr. John H., physician, 14 N. Broad. 
Laura Mrs. 

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i I 

j THE 

t 



!"OLD ROME 



DISTILLERY"! 



I Established 1815 

i 

! Entirely Renovated and Remodeled | 

i i 

I JOHN C. HORTING I 

A Proprietor f 

! I 

I Store and Salesrooms: A 

I 142 N. QUEEN ST.. LANCASTER, PA. I 

] i 

5 Distillery and Warehouse: • 

♦ NEAR BOROUGH LIMITS, LITITZ, PA. | 

I i 

I i 

[1411 



Shober Augustus, retired, 4 N. Broad. 
Shott E. Griffith, works starch factory, 1 39 E. Main. 
" Ida Mrs. 

Raymond, pupil. 
Showers Adam, teamster, 76, Front. 
Mary Mrs. 
Adam. 
Showers Ann:e, housekeeper, 223 E. Main. 
Shue John D., baker, 20 N. Locust. 
" Maggie K. Mrs. 
Charles. 
Simmons Ida, 3 S. Spruce. 

Singer Harvey K., R. F. D. mail clerk, 9 E. Orange. 
" Ida A. Mrs. 

Floyd D., pupil. 
" Earl D. 

Harvey D. 
" Martha S. 
Smith Catharine (widow William), 1 20 S. Spruce. 
" Albert. 

Katie, box trimmer. 
Smith George F., bretzel baker, 229 E. Main. 
Carrie Mrs. 
Maud, milliner. 

Correll, works watch factory Lancaster. 
Mark, works starch factory. 
Pierce, works knitting mill. 
Smith Harry, cigarmaker, 1 1 5 W. Orange. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Eleanor. 
Smith Monroe, cigarmaker, 123 S. Spruce. 
Caroline Mrs. 
" Mary. 
Smith Paul, baker, 466 E. Main. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Katharine E. 
Smith Walter, cigarmaker, rear 23 W. Orange. 

Laura Mrs. 
Smith William S, mason, 30 W. Orange. 
" Marie Mrs. 

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.<raw ^^U 




^?v 





An Mmi fhtt for a 
lay's (iutmg 





g>rr i^istortr, ^agra 33 tn 35 
Aub 3IUuatratinna 

^^ 

[143] 



I 




Smith Ella, tobacco stripper, 30 W. Orange. 
Smith William, cigarmaker. Linden Hall. 
" Martha Mrs. 
Lloyd, pupil. 
William, Jr., pupil. 
Snavely Henry H., auctioneer and cattle dealer, 26 S. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Christian. 
Snavely Laura, 34 East Main. 
Snyder Charles, tinsmith, Raspberry Alley. 
Clara Mrs. 
Ivan, pupil. 
Esther, pupil. 
Souders Anna (widow Edgar), clerk, 47 S. Broad. 
Souders C. Wallace, blacksmith, 27 S. Spruce. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Esther, works knitting mill. 
Warren W., works knitting mill. 
Ella (widow John). 
Souders J. Walter, insurance agent, 26 E. Center. 
Bertha Mrs. 
Jay, pupil. 
Ralph, pupil. 
Ruth, pupil. 
Charles. 
Souders M. Monroe, electrical contractor, 29 W. Main. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
Ernest K. 
Mary K. 
Spangler Emma Mrs. (widow David), washerwoman, 137 E. Main. 

Paul, pupil. 
Spera Lydia Mrs., 344 E. Main. 
Spickler David, cigarmaker, 3 S. Spruce. 

Bella Mrs. 
Springs Hotel (Frank Pfautz, proprietor), I 4 E. Main. 
Spickler John, cigarmaker, rear 43 E. Main. 
Leah Mrs. 
Chester, apprentice. 
Spickler Samuel, R. F. D. mail clerk, 362 E. Main. 
Cassiah Mrs. 

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THE 



STANDARD CORN MEAL 



MANUFACTURED BY 

S. C. BRINSER 

Middletown, Pa. 



Is the Cheapest and Best in America 



It Is ground and Kiln Dried by a Patent Process. 

It is new and selected corn. 

It takes less meal to stir up a mush. 

It takes less lard and less time to fry it. 

There is no breaking in cutting or frying it. 

Three pounds of this meal will make 1 8 pounds of mush. 

It takes but 30 minutes to boil it. 

Sold wholesale and retail. All orders promptly filled. 

Meal exchanged for corn at all times. 



At lafl, at laSl, and this is true, 

I pearl the corn and roa^ it too; 

That makes the Standard meal so bright and clear, 

And there is nothing to interfere. 

The Standard Ccrn Meal is the beS; 

This que^on now is at refl. 

Hundreds are ready to teflify. 

That it is the beil of all, to cook and fry. 

The Standard Corn Meal is the beSl; 

It has virtue — give it a tefl. 

't is pure and it is sweet. 

And better to eat 

Than the bitter and sad. 

And you will want none that is bad. 



''Give me the Standard Corn Meal." 
Says the cook; "It slices without breaking. 
And fries quick, with a little baking; 
And takes so little lard 
That it does good to my heart.' 

Do away with your prejudice. 
You millers, you farmers, you all. 
Do justice to yourself, and call 
The Standard the befl. 
In the East and the WeS, 
The North and the South 
Will soon be aroused. 



Bring the water to a boil before stirring in the meal. Inquire at your 
flour, feed and grocery stores, and be sure of getting the Standard Meal, then 
you will get the worth of your money every time. Beware of fraud on meal. 

A STANDARD CORN PUFF OR POON I y. cup of this meal; 1 }4 cup o( 
flour; I }2 cup of sweet milk; I'j cup of butter or lard; i cup of sugar; 2 eggs; 3 small lea- 
spoons ull of baking powder. Mix all together and bake in a puff pan in the oven. 



S. C. BRINSER 



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Spickler Laura, works knitting mill, 362 E. Main. 

Frances, works kritting mill. 

Phares, butcher. 

Susie, telephone operator. 

Frank, pupil. 

Ellis, pupil. 
Spickler Walter, works chocolate factory, 243 E. Main. 

Mazie Mrs. 



Stark Floyd, works knitting mrll, 2 7 E. Orange. 
Stark Henry W., retired, 1 2 1 S. Cedar. 

" Mary 
Stark Samuel, manufacturer cigar boxes, 55 N. Broad. 
" Anna V. 
Harold, pupil. 
Staver Irvin, butcher. I 6 N. Cedar. 
Stauffer Emma, domestic, 1 42 S. Broad. 
Stauffer Henry, clerk, 1 20 E. Main. 
Steely Katie, 1 19 S. Spruce. 
Steely Stephen, engineer, 250 Front. 
" Debby Mrs. 
Cora, pupil. 
Mabel, pupil. 
Steffey Samuel, hostler, N. Alley. 
Lizzie Mrs. 

Sherman, works bretzel bakery, N. Alley. 
Steiner Dr. Martin J., dentist, 57 E. Main. 

Elizabeth Mrs., milliner. 
Steininger Christiana, 1 1 S. Cedar. 
Harry B., laborer. 

William A., works chocolate factory. 
Floyd B., pupil. 
Steinmetz Charles, retired farmer, 66 Front. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Stief Israel, laborer, 80 N. Cedar. 
StoU Phaip, tin smith, I 5 W. Main. 
Stoner Justus F., leaf tobacco, 26 Front. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
Olive, pupil. 
Gladys. 

1146 1 



..+ 4... 



THE 

Bee Hive Store 



Established 1761 



Domestic Dry Goods 



drorfms 
Proutstoitfi 
(furpttsuiarr 
(§tl (Elntl^s 
I anb (Earpfts 



ROBERT N. WOLLE 

MAIN ST. 



A\. J. Stcincr, D.D.S. 

'Vitalized Jiir Administered 

57 E. MAIN STREET 
Lititz. Pa. 



A WINIVEU 

T^ onanza Cigar 

Manufactured from best 

Domestic Tobacco : : : 

Trv it 

H. N. MIKSCH, Lititz, Pa. 



»<. *.. 



S. M. HUBER 

Tinsmith 



EAST MAIN ST. 

LITITZ, PA. 



Stoves, Oils 
Paints, Cutlery 



PLUMBING 

Stearri-:-Hot Air-:-andHot Water Heating 

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS 



..^..^..^..^.^..^,.^..^4. 



147 



Stoner Mary, teacher, 46 E. Orange. 
Stormfeltz, Clayton, works paper mill, N. Alley. 
Alice Mrs. 
Beatrice 
Stormfeltz John C, retired, 1 33 S. Spruce. 
Sarah, seamstress. 
Rebecca, seamstress. 
Alice, teacher. 
Sturgis Charles E., foreman Record office, 26 W. Orange. 
" Ella Mrs. 
Helen. 
Sturgis Edgar, bretzel baker, 323 E. Main. 

" Minnie Mrs. 
Sturgis Edwin, bretzel baker, 1 08 S. Cedar. 

" Julia Mrs. 
Sturgis Henry C, bretzel baker, 366 E. Main. 
Katharine Mrs. 
Otis S., cigarmaker. 
Harry E., bretzel baker. 
Sturgis Horace E., carpenter, 4 II E. Main. 
" Kate A. Mrs. 

Olive M., works Linden Hall. 
Morris K., laborer. 
William H., pupil. 
Ella B., pupil. 
Verona C, pupil. 
Katie A., pupil. 
Horace E. 
Sturgis James A., works chocolate factory, I 8 E. Orange. 
" Alice Mrs. 
Jeanette. 
Sturgis James O., tax collector, 2 1 5 E. Main. 

" Eliza Mrs. 
Sturgis Nathan D. (Sturgis Bretzel Co.), 223 E. Main. 
Victor, student. 
Ella, pupil. 
Frank, pupil. 
Laura, pupil. 
Beulah. 
Grace. 

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...Light and strong... STICKNEY 

GASOLINE ENGINES 




The American Pioneer 
Pressed Steel 
Shaft Hanger 



The Simplest and Best 
Call and see it 

SELLING AGENT 



Clarence E. Regennas 

GENERAL MACHINIST 
Lititz, Pa. 

All Supplies and Repairs 



RHODE'S Brooms are Goon Brooms 



SEND UvS 
YOUR ORDRRvS 



Manufactured by 

•T. C. Rhode 

K. F D. No. 3, Lititz 



WE'LL FILL 
THEM PROMPTLY 



M. M. SOUDERS 
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 

LITITZ, PA. 



Dynamos, Motors, Switchboards, 
Lamps, Wires, Electric Li,8rht 
Supplies and Fixtures, Batteries, 
Bells, Etc. S £3 B B B H 



ALL KINDS OF WIRING CAREFULLY AND PROMPTLY DONE 



ESTABLISMED 1877 



JOHN G- ZOOK, Proprietor. 



The Lititz Book Store 



22 Main Street 



Lititz, Pa. 



H. B. BUCH 

MANUFACTURER OF 

...CARRIAGES... 

Lititz, Pa. 



Books, Stationery, 
Periodicals, Gold 
& Fountain Pens. 



JVe k^ep the 
Common Sense Purse — best by test 




149 



Sturgis Nathan O., Sr., salesman, 245 E. Main. 
Sarah Mrs. 

Nathan O., Jr., bretzel baker. 
Sturgis Sarah Mrs. (widow Julius), 1 S. Spruce. 

Sallie, pupil. 
Sturgis Walter, bretzel baker, 35 S. Locust. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Warren, pupil. 
Alice, pupil. 
Sturgis William, bretzel baker, Apple Street. 
" Mary 1. Mrs. 
Chauncey, pupil. 
Beulah, pupil. 
Irene, pupil. 
Lillian, pupil. 
" Ethel. 
Correll. 
Arthur. 
Sturgis William, student, 1 S. Spruce. 
Sturgis Bretzel Co. (Nathan Sturgis, Frank B. Buch), manufacturers of 

bretzels, 22 I E. Main 
Swarr Barton, pupil, boards, 205 E. Main. 

Carroll, pupil, boards. 
Thuma Martha Mrs., seamstress, 120 S. Spruce. 
Todd Agnes Mrs., clerk, 54 E. Main. 
Roy, apprentice. 
Blanche, pupil. 
Irene, pupil. 
Traub Anna M., Raspberry Alley. 
Tshudy Haydn, notary public, 227 S. Broad. 
Mary, teacher,. 
Canie, teacher. 
Sarah (widow Richard). 
Tshudy Katie, 125 S. Cedar. 

Uhland John A., teacher, beyond borough limits, E. Main. 
Grace Mrs. 
Rachel. 
Uhland Salinda (widow John), 124 S. Spruce. 
Ulrich Lottie, works bretzel bakery. Miller's Row. 
Van Vleck Eliza Mrs. (widow Frederick), 1 36 E. Main, 

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,.<. 4... 



Lititz 
Springs Grocery 

Always stocked 
with a Choice 
Line cf Fresh 

GROCERIES 
PROVISIONS 
N CANDIES 



B. B. LEAMAN 

Proprietor 

53 N. BROAD ST 



N.6.Yerger&Co. 



Manufadlurers of ■ 



Miracle 

Doutle Air Ciiamber 

Cement Building 

Blocks 



Sills, Lintels, Steps, Etc. 



Lititz, Pa. 



..4. ^,. 



All Jlour MnktB Mxmh 



BUT some flour makes 

better bread. /^ >^ 

We use the best flour ; 

that's why 







Althouse's Bread 

is better than most other bread 

E. P. ALTHOUSE 



51 



Van Vleck Belle, 136 E. Main. 
Wagner Emory, painter, 1 2 5 S. Cedar. 

" Ada Mrs. 
Wagner Jefferson E., barber, 2 7 E. Orange. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Victor, pupil. 
Amanda (widow John). 
Walter Jacob, farmer, 1 1 S. Broad. 
Fannie Mrs. 

Mary, works knitting mill. 
Walter Samuel, farmer, 80 Water. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Benjamin F. 
Warfel Ammon, barber basement Springs ! lotel, boards Sturgis House. 
Weaver Elmer E., general manager Consumer's Box Board and Paper Co. 

212 Front. 
Weaver Carrie Mrs. 
Cenia, pupil. 
Elmer, pupil. 
Guy, pupil. 
William, pupil. 
Hattie, pupil. 
Quinton. 
Florence. 
Weaver Harry, works chocolate factory, I I 4 Maple. 
Sadie Mrs. 
Beulah. 
Weaver Henry, laborer, 42 Front. 
Elmira Mrs. 
Charles C, teamster. 
Frank S., hostler. 
" Maybelle S. 
Weaver Katie, 1 1 4 Maple. 
Weaver Sarah, nurse, 24 I S. Broad. 
Weaver Solomon, laborer, 1 1 4 Maple. 
Hettie Mrs. 

Katie, works chocolate factory. 
Weber Frank B. S., works box factory, 1 1 7 S. Spruce. 
Caroline B. Mrs. 
Francis, works knitting mill. 

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If the Views of 



"Ptrtnrtal Ktttt| 



ff 



please you we are sure that any 
Photographic Work that you re- 
quire can be executed as satis- 
factorily by 

H. E. REIDENBACH 

Arttattr J^liotograpli^r 

All views in this book reproduced from 
my originals. 



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Weber Earle, I 1 7 S. Spruce. 

Raymond, pupil. 
Weidman Ammon, painter, 1 5 S. Spruce. 
Ida Mrs. 
Harold, pupil. 
Daniel. 
Charles. 
Israel. 
Weidman Clara, drug cleric, 1 4 S Spruce. 
Weidman John F., laborer, 72 E. Main. 

Raymond, pupil. 
Weidman John H., cigarmaker, 1 28 S. Spruce. 
Sallie. 

Katie, cigarmaker. 
Clarence. 
Anna A. 
Russel. 

Harry, laborer boards. 
Weidman Kate, housekeeper, 1 44 Front. 
Weidman Milton, cigarmaker, I 1 6 S. Spruce. 

Sadie, cigarmaker. 
Weir Barbara Mrs., rear 38 S. Broad. 

Lizzie, laundry worker. 
Weir Benjamin G., cigarmaker, Pine Alley. 
" Mary Mrs. 
" Ralph W. 
Clarence. 
Weit Harvey, clerk, boards rear Front. 
Weit Phares, works starch factory, rear 72 Front. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Elmer Henry. 
Weitzel Lizetta Mrs., housekeeper, 1 2 1 E. Main. 

Louisa, reporter. 
Weitzel Milton, teamster, 325 E. Main. 
Annie Mrs. 
Herbert. 
Weitzel William B., baker. Miller's Row. 
Blanche Mrs. 
Theodore. 
Weitzel William M., tinsmith, I 5 W. Main. 

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President Vice-President Secretary 

Thomas W. Barnes William M. Amer A. R. Bomberger 

Treasurer Superintendent 

Israel G. Erb | |^£ J. H. Bomberger 

T. R. Kreider 1 f | ■ • j ^'^^"^ ^- ^°"8 

"ir Wellington ",:::■• 

Hon. W. U. Hensel ^-^ Northern Trust Co. 



Wellington 
Starch Co. 



Capitalized $2,500,000 
Established 1902 
Incorporated 1904 

Manufacturers of 

Mothers Diamond Gloss Starch 

Lititz Springs Lump Starch 

Mothers Corn Starch 

Royal Corn Starch 

Wellington Corn Starch 



(§ 



jUR STARCHES have an exceedingly 
high reputation. Sd high are they 
appreciated that it's impossible to fill all 
orders. Our Corn Starch is the finest and purest 
article of its kind on the market. Prof. F. A. 
Genth, Jr., State Chemist, is on record as declar- 
ing officially that our Corn Starch contains no 
chemicals or alkalies. 

The best class of trade handles our products 
everywhere. 

Our Lititz building, erected in 1902 and greatly enlarged in 1904 by the addition 
of an elevator with a 24,000 bushel capacity, a feed house and a large wing the 
mam building have a daily capacity of 500 bushels. 

Our plant in Decatur, 111., ready for operation March, 1906, will have a daily 
capacity of 500 bushe s, 

The combined product of both plants will be 200,000 pounds of starch and 
100,000 pounds of by-produdls. 

Main Offices 

Lititz, Penna., XJ. S. A. 

Bt anch Office: Decatur, III. 



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Weitzel Anna S. Mrs., 1 5 W. Main. 
Bessie B. 

Cameron B., apprentice. 
Luetta, pupil. 
Weitzel William, retired, boards 307 E. Main. 
Wellington Starch Co. (T. W. Barnes, Pres., A. R. Bomberger, Sec. 

1. G. Erb, Treas.), manufacturers of Starch, 4 1 N. Water. 
Wendling Harvey, works chocolate factory, 1 32 S. Spruce. 
Wentworth John L., superintendent Keystone Underwear Co., Pine Alley. 
Fannie Mrs. 
Ruth. 
Werdebaugh Susie, housekeeper, I 6 S. Locust. 
Whitcraft Monroe, laborer, 347 E. Main. 
Annie Mrs. 

Katie, tobacco stripper. 
Susie, pupil. 
Anna. 
Esther. 
Minnie. 
Harvey. 
Elmer. 
Wilson Addison, works chocolate factory, 78 Front. 
Ada Mrs. 
" Winfield. 
Winters Ida, domestic, 26 N. Spruce. 
Wissler Joseph, retired farmer, I N. Broad. 
Lizzie. 
Jacob, clerk. 
Harry, pupil. 
Joseph, pupil. 
Leroy. 
Witmyer Daniel G., merchant, 28 E. Main. 
Emma Mrs. 
Kenneth E., pupil. 
John Stormfeltz. 
Witters Jacob D., retired, 1 37 S. Broad. 

" Mary Mrs. 
Wolle Angelica Mrs. (widow Nathaniel S.), I 2 Church. 

Esther. 
Wolle Robert N., merchant, 120 E. Main. 

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Lancaster, Rosstnere, Neffsville, Kissel Hill 
and Lititz Time Table 



North'wa.rd. 



Leave | Leave Leave : Leave I 

Lancaster Rnssmere Neffsville Kiss'l Hill 



a. m. 


a. m. 


5 00 


5 15 


6 00 


6 15 


7 OOt 


7 15 


8 00 


8 15 


9 00 


9 15 


10 00 


10 15 


11 00 


11 15 


p. m. 


p. m. 


12 OOt 


12 15 


1 00 


1 15 


2 00 


2 15 


3 00 


3 15 


4 00 


4 15 


5 00 


5 15 


6 OOt 


6 15 


7 00 


7 15 


8 00 


8 15 


9 00 


9 15 


11 00 


11 15 



m. 

27 
35 
35 
35 
35 



10 35 

11 35 

p. tn. 

12 35 



a.. 


m. 


5 


35 


6 


45 


7 


45 


8 


45 


9 45 


10 


45 


11 


45 



Arrive 
L ititz 

a. m. 

5 40 

7 00 

8 00 

9 00 

10 00 

11 00 

12 00 



35 
35 
35 
35 
35 
35 
35 
35 
35 
30 



p. m. 

12 45 

1 45 

2 45 

3 45 

4 45 

5 45 

6 45 

7 45 

8 45 

9 45 
11 40 



m. 

00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 



8 00 

9 00 

10 00 

11 45 



Southward 



Leave Leave Leave Leave Arrive 

Lititz Kiss'l Hill Neffsville Rossraere i Lancaster 



1. 111. 

5 40'- 

7 00 

8 00 

9 00 



L. m. 

5 45' 

7 15 

8 15 

9 15 



10 00 


10 15 


11 00 


11 15 


p. m. 


p. m. 


12 00 


12 15 


1 00 


1 15 


2 00 


2 15 


3 00 


3 15 


4 00 


4 15 


5 00 


5 15 


6 00 


6 12 


7 00 


7 15 


8 0.0 


8 15 


9 00 


9 15 


10 00 


10 05 


11 45 


11 51 



a. tn. 

5 55* 

7 25 

8 25 

9 25 

10 25 

11 25 
p. tn. 

12 25 



1. tn. 

6 IS* 

7 45 



8 25 

9 25 
10 15 

12 00 



8 45 


9 45 


10 45 


11 45 


p. tn. 


12 45 


1 45 


2 45 


3 45 


4 45 


5 45 


6 45 


7 45 


8 45 


9 45 


10 29 


a. tn. 


12 14 



a. tn. 

6 30-^ 

8 00 

9 00 

10 00 

11 00 

12 00 



p. 


tn. 


1 


00 


2 


00 


3 


00 


4 


00 


5 


00 


6 


00 


7 


00 


8 


00 


9 


00 


10 


00 


10 


45 


a. 


m. 


12 


25 



Car marked t connects with Railroad at Lititz. Car marked * connects 
with News Express at Lancaster. Sundays, first car leaves Lancaster 
7 a.m., and the last at 10 p.m. Sundays, the first car leaves Lititz 8 a.m. 
and the last at 11 p.m. Additional car on Sundays: leaves Lancaster 10 
p.m.; leaves Lititz 11 p.m. 



[157 



Wolle Alice R. Mrs., 120 E. Main. 
Nathaniel P., clerk. 
Theodore R., clerk. 
Womert John, laborer, 34 W. Main. 

Rebecca Mrs. 
Workman Elizabeth Mrs., (widow Samuel), 1 8 W. Orange. 
Harry, saddler. 
Jennie. 
Lillie, clerk. 
Yeiser Peter L., cigarmaker, 126 E. Main. 
" Ella Mrs. 

Roy, laborer. 
Lelia, pupil. 
Yoder James, laborer, 20 S. Locust. 

" Mary Mrs. 
Young Jacob B., cigarmaker, 38 E. Orange. 

Emma Mrs. 
Young Samuel, laborer, 1 06 S. Broad. 
Alice Mrs. 
Anna. 
Zahm Mary A. Mrs. (widow Albert), 300 E. Main. 

Joseph D., machinist. 
Zartman Clayton, cigarmaker, boards 1 4 S. Broad. 
Zartman Mary (widow Henry), 1 5 Maple. 
Ida, cigarmaker. 
Charles, foreman. 
Zartman Thomas, cabinetmaker, 150 S. Spruce. 
Sarah Mrs. 

Charles A., works Mast factooy. 
Wayne A., works Mast factory. 
Lottie, pupil. 
Zeller Theodore A., cigarmaker, 59 Center. 
Jennie Mrs. 
Janet, box trimmer. 
Mary, student. 
Willie, cutter. 
Ada, pupil. 
Esther, pupil. 
Robert, pupil. 
Howard, pupil. 

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59 



Zeller Lincoln, pupil, 59 Center. 

Miriam, pupil. 
Zook Henry M., carpenter, 454 E. Main. 

" Lillie Mrs. 
Zook John G., editor and publisher Lititz Express, 22 E. Main. 
" Alice C. W. Mrs. 
Ethel, clerk. 
J. Herbert, foreman. 
Alice, student. 
Edna, pupil. 

Catharine (widow John). 
Zug Levi M., works paper factory, I 1 S. Spruce. 
" Bertha Mrs. 
John, 
Zwally Eli, foreman, 365 E. Main. 
Catharine Mrs. 

William, works Lancaster silk mill. 
Clara, works cigar factory. 
Lillie, works cigar factory. 




60 



The 

Magic 
Temple 




HAVING spent mmy years 
in research and study of 
the occult sciences, and 
the reading of character as indi- 
cated by the physical charac- 
teristics of the head, face, hand 
and handwriting, I am pre- 
pared to give lessons in sleight- 
of-hand, hypnotism and the 
study of character as revealed 
b}' the head, face, hand and 
handwriting. 

As an evidence of ability send 
some one's handwriting with 
25 cents and I'll read you that 
person's character. 

An energetic young man who 
has inclinations for occult sci- 
ence and its mysteries can 
secure employment as an as- 
sistant, or may buy my entire 
paraphernalia at a reasonable 
price, as old age demands my 
retirement. Call on or address 

M. L. Bellinger 

Dealer in all Kinds of 

Magic and Conjuring 

Apparatus 

sToys and Novelties 



LITITZ 



PENNA. 



Harry E. Sheaffer 

OPPOSITE LITITZ 
SPRINGS HOTEL 



For Merchant Tailoring 

Go to Sheaffer 

For Fine Ready- Made 
Suits and Overcoats 

Go to Sheaffer 

For Fancy Vests 

Go to Sheaffer 

For an up-to date Hat 

Go to Sheaffer 

f^ For Shirts and 
Underwear and all 
Men's and Boys' 
Furnishings 
Go to Sheaffer 



J. C. Mellinger 
§>outl) ^Rnh Satrg 

Kissel Hill, Pa. 

PURE MILK AND CREAM 



J. ALBERT ZECHER 
Tailor for 
Fashionable Men 

12 E. Orange St. LANCASTER, PA. 



••* *•—• ' 







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J. FRED SCHAEBERLE ERNST A. SCHAEBERLE 

Schaeberle & Son 



DEALERS IN 



Jptanos 




and General 



M usical M erchandise 

A High-Class Piano directly 
from the factory to your home 

WE HAVE THE 

AND THEREFORE THE LOWEST PRICES 

Talk the matter over with our Lititz Representative, 
Mrs. Ella A. Lacey, Teacher of the Piano, or write to us. 

Schaeberle & Son 

1 1 4 WEST LIBERTY STREET 

ANN ARBOR :: MICHIGAN 



4. + 

I VISIBLE TYPEWRITERS 

i 

Messner 
Typewriter Co. 



So Easy... 

'It's so easy to 

'have good 

!2 ^ bread provided 

you buy it from 

the"Fichthorn" 

wagon. -^ -^ 

"Fichthorn" bread is no 
dearer than other bread but it 
possesses qualities that ordin- 
ary bread lacks. It keeps well, 
it never varies, is absolutely- 
pure, always a good, light, 
sweet, healthful bread. 
Buy of the wagon or at the bakery. 



W. D. FICHTHORN 
Rudy's BIdg. 



We handle all kinds of 
Typewriters. Buy, 
sell, exchange, rent, 
repair, etc. General 
line of supplies. Can 
save you the expesne 
ofscndingoutof town. 
Typewriter ribbons 
and Carbons. [3 {3 



Messner Typewriter Co. 

131 E. King St., Lancaster, Pa. 






A live, local weekly newspaper 
published every Friday 



// not acquainted mth it send for a sample cop]) 
or send 25 cents for a three-month's trial subscription 

^1.00 a year 

JOHN G. ZOOK. Publisher 
LITITZ. PA. 



161 



armtrk 



COMPILED OCTOBER 25, 1905. NAMES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED 
ACCORDING TO FAMILIES. WITH OCCUPATION 

Adam Urias, carpenter, Front. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
John W., printer. 

Mabel M., works knitting mill. ' , 

Althouse Ella, domestic, N. Broad. 
Andrews Frank, carriage builder, N. Broad. 
Maude A. Mrs. 
Ruth A. 
Esther M. 
Badorf John S., proprietor Warwick House, N. Broad. 
Alice Mrs. 
Elmer M., student. 
Norman, student. 
Paul, pupil. 
Baker Enos, cigarmaker, N. Broad. 

" Aha Mrs. 
Bear Albert R. (Bear & Long), N. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Bessie. 

Ruth, student. 
Becker Frank S., retired farmer. Orange. 

Catharine Mrs. 
Bender Israel, laborer. Orange. 
Annie Mrs. 
Lizzie, domestic. 
Minnie, housekeeper. 
Florence, domestic. 
Walter, works cornstarch factory. 
Bender John, works chocolate factory, N. Broad. 
Annie Mrs. 
Hazel, pupil. 
George, pupil. 
James Robert. 
Bollinger Phares, grocer. Front. 

[ 162 1 



United Animal Trap Co. 

SUCCESSORS TO 

J. M. Mast Mfg. Co., Lititz, Pa. 
The Animal Trap Co., Abingdon, 111. 



Manufacturers of 



Mole ^«*—— =«««.««..-^ ]^q\{ 

fT I TRAPS' r' 

Gopher | | IVril kJ I Bear 

Paf Fr^vi J Squirrel 

Out-O-Sight ^ Blizzard ^ Gee Whiz 
Joker ^ Stop Thief 

Are familiar trap names and all these well-known 
styles and many more are made here. We 
are the largest manufacturers of Animal 
Traps in the world and we ship 
^ our products, carrymg the 

3 name of Lititz, into 

^ every country on 

3 the globe. 

3 Factory and Home Office 

3 North Locust St. Lititz, Pa. 



63 



Bollinger Minnie Mrs., Front. 

Bomberger Jacob, superintendent Wellington Starch Co., Orange. 
Anna Mrs. 
Hiram, bookkeeper. 
Barbara. 
Jacob, student. 
Clayton, pupil. 
Borry John, laborer. Orange. 
" Bertha Mrs. 
" May. 
Bowman Jeremiah, foreman, boards Warwick House. 
Brackbill Emma Mrs. (widow Henry), E. Front. 

Bessie, pupil. 
Brian John, carpenter. New. 

" Minnie Mrs. 
Bricker John R. (N. G. Yerger & Co.), N. Broad. 
" Anna B. Mrs. 
Sophia L. 

E. Maggie, bookkeeper. 
Anna M. 
Brubaker John, laborer. Water. 

Emma Mrs. 
Brubaker Levi N., farmer, N. Broad. 
Mary E. Mrs. 
Clarence, bookkeeper. 
Brubaker Lizzie, Water. 
Brubaker Menno, retired farmer. Front. 
Katie Mrs. 
Bertha. 
Bruner Peter, carriage builder, N. Broad. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Susan, student. 
Peter, pupil. 
Mary, pupil. 
Paul, pupil. 
" Mildred. 
Anna. 
Buch Ida, cigarmaker. Front. 
Buchter Anna, domestic, E. Front. 
Harry. 

f 164] 



4. 






,,^.^ 



Lancaster 

Fire-Proofing and 
Paint Co. 

27 PENN SQUARE 
Lancaster, - - Pa. 



Everything in 
Paints, Oils, 
Varnishes, 
Glass, Art 
Material and 
Brushes. >? 



ROGERS 

Stainfloor 

FINISH 

Makes Pine Floors look like 
hardwood. Makes all floors 
look beautiful, is also a perfect 
finish for furniture and all inte- 
rior woodwork. 



East End 

DAIRY 

PURE MILK 
AND CREAM 
DELIVERED 
DAILY 

Aaron Habecker 

PROPRIETOR 

368 E. Main St. Lititz 



*— •—" 






That's the Place 

The Cooperative Mail-Order House 

We sell everything from factory to user. 

Albaugh Bros. Dovcr&Co. 

Marshal Blvd. and 341 N. Queen St. 
21st St., Chicago, 111. Lancaster, Pa. 



f- 



ICunrti ?»i^ Sitting Slooma 

iFnr ffiJabtcB attft (Scntlpntrn 
Country Cookitg ^ Country Style 

14 E. King: St. Lancaster, Pa. 

Independent 'Phone Free. No charge for 
care of Packages. 



[165] 



Buchter Grant, carpenter, New. 
Amy Mrs., cigarmaker. 
Mabel, works knitting mill. 
Claude, pupil. 
Buchter Harry, cigar manufacturer. Orange. 
Elizabeth Mrs., cigarmaker. 
Stella, pupil. 
Buck Joseph, teamster. Front. 

Fannie Mrs. 
Buck Lewis, mason. Orange. 

Catharine Mrs. 
Buffenmoyer John, retired. Orange. 
Burkholder Amos, cigarmaker, Orange, 
Alice R. Mrs. 
Arville, pupil. 
Carpenter Abraham S., mason, E. Front. 

Amanda Mrs. 
Carpenter Rudolph, mason, boards E. Front. 
Christ John, laborer. Center. 
" Matilda Mrs. 

Ella, works knitting mill. 
Thomas, works cigar factory. 
John, pupil. 
" Nellie. 
Chronister John, clerk. New, 
Sallie Mrs. 
Sherman, pupil. 
Clark, pupil. 
Oliver. 
Coldren John, assistant R. & C. depot, boards Warwick House. 
Conlin William, edge trimmer shoe factory, Front. 
Katharine Mrs. 
Daniel, trimmer. 
Conrad Andrew, mason. Orange. 

Ella, cigarmaker. 
Crawford William B., laborer, E. Front. 
Lucy Mrs. 

Anna, works knitting mill. 
Sarah, works 1 n tting mill. 
John H., laborer. 

1166 1 



ipstgttpr anb illustrator 

( Spring Garden Institute nnd School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia. ) 

Commercial and Advertising Designs 

For Cards, Calendars, Booklets, Etc. 

Many of the border designs used in "Pictorial 

Lititz" and many local advertising 

cards have been made by 

Mr. Beck 

1 4 W. Orange St. 

4..~-..~,...—...-..,.-..,«-..,~....^,..--.«-..*-«.~-»~~.— *«—..•-...—.————»— .-—•»—•••«— —«* 



Crown Eagle Cigar Co. 

J. B. LEIB, PROPRIETOR 

LITITZ, PA. 

Manufacturers of 

HIGH GRADE SEED 
AND FINE HAVANA CIGARS 

SPECIAL BRANDS 

GREEN TURTLE, and JOHN HANCOCK 

Correspondence invited with the 
wholesale and jobbing trade 

+ * 

f 167] 



Crawford B. Frank, works confectionery, E. Front. 
Dague Leonard, laborer, N. Broad. 
" Sadie G. Mrs. 
Annie E. 
Daugherty Samuel -S., pastor U. B. Church, E. Front. 
Barbara Mrs. 
Joseph, student. 
Ethel, student. 
Dennis George, works chocolate factory, E. Front. 
Earla Mrs. 
Evelyn. 
Diehm Ada Mrs., works knitting mill, South Alley. 
Dietrich Daniel W., teacher, N. Broad. 
Clara Mrs. 
L. Gertrude, teacher. 
Jennie E., teacher. 
Nora B. 
Earhart George, laborer, E. Front. 
Anna Mrs. 

Walter B., works chocolate factory. 
Earhart John B., works starch factory, Front. 
Bessie Mrs. 
Margaret, pupil. 
Harriet. 
Eck Martin, laborer. Front. 
" Priscilla Mrs. 

John C, works cigar factory. 
Mary J., seamer. 
Benjamin, works Mast factory. 
Fannie, pupil. 
Martin, pupil. 
Gertrude, pupil. 
Daniel. 
Engle Michael, carpenter, E. Front. 
Annie Mrs. 
John, laborer. 
Engle William, carpenter. Alley. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Cassie. 
Bessie, tobacco stripper. 

f 168 1 



Engle Margie, pupil, South Alley. 
Annie. 
Emma. 
Erb Henry R., retired, N. Broad. 

" Elizabeth Mrs. 
Erb Ida Mrs. (widow Samuel B.), N. Broad. 
" May R. 

Anna R., student. 
Eshleman Aaron, works creamery, Orange. 
Minnie Mrs. 

Carrie, works knitting mill. 
Mabel, works knitting mill. 
Ella, pupil. 
Nora, pupil. 
Ida, pupil. 
Frank. 
Evans John, retired, N. Broad. 

Susan Mrs. 
Finger Harry, foreman, boards Warwick House. 

" Mabel Mrs. 
Firestone Jacob K., painter. Orange. 

Katie E. Mrs. 
Foltz Samuel, tax collector, Front. 
" Ida Mrs. 

Mary, student. 
Frank, pupil. 
Forney Martin R., retired farmer. Orange. 
Anna Mrs. 
Ella, pupil. 
Fraelich Benjamin, cigarpacker. Center. 
Alice Mrs. 
Clara, pupil. 
Thomas, pupil. 
John, pupil. 
Lily. 

Frederick George, cigarmaker, boards Warwick House. 
Frey Amos, laborer. Market. 
Louisa R. Mrs, 
" Arthur G. 
Elsie. 

[169] 



Fry Herman, works creamery, Center. 
" Alice Mrs. 
" Margie M. 
Charles F. 
Anna Viola. 
Mary Elizabeth. 
Furlow Anna, housekeeper, Front. 
Furlow Lemon, cigarmaker. Orange. 
" ' Agnes H. Mrs. 

John K., cigarmaker. 
El wood K., works shoe factory. 
Robert E., pupil. 
Lester, pupil. 
Charles, pupil. 
Lemon, pupil. 
Kathryn, pupil. 
Thomas. 
Furlow Susie, cigarmaker, Front. 
Gable Henry F., mason. Center. 
Catharine Mrs. 
Harry W., cigarmaker. 
Lincoln, cigarmaker. 
Garner Jacob, laborer, E. Front. 

Lavina Mrs. 
Getz John, works starch factory. Orange. 
" Nora Mrs. 
Kathryn. 
Gohn Harry E., cigarmaker, E. Front. 
Katharine, housekeeper. 
Earl C, cigarmaker. 
John H., pupil. 
Gohn Caroline (widow Samuel), boards E. Front. 
Good Ira, cigarmaker. Front. 
Susan Mrs. 
Grace, pupil. 
Helen. 
" Paul. 
Graybill David, N. Broad. 

Anna Mrs. 
Graybill Irene, pupil. Front, 

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Grosh Agnes, boards, N. Broad. 

Sarah, boards. 
Grosh Elizabeth, stenographer, boards, E. Front. 
Habecker Henry, works starch factory. New. 
Amelia Mrs. 
Ralph Hugo, pupil. 
Hacker Harry, cigarmaker, N. Broad. 
Maggie Mrs. 
Beatrice. 
Hacker Leroy, pupil, boards. Orange. 
Hackman Abraham, cigarmaker, New. 
Katie Mrs. 
Anna M., pupil. 
Hackman Albert, cigarmaker, South Alley. 
Emma Mrs. 
Floyd, pupil. 
Paul. 
Charles. 

Hardeman Christian, laborer. New. 
Julia Mrs. 

Walter W., works shoe factory. 
May. 
Heagy Ella Mrs. (widow Isaac), Orange. 

Chandler, pupil. 
Heid Adam, carpenter. Front. 

" Ellen Mrs. 
Heiser Elizabeth, boards. Orange. 
Helter John, Sr., manufacturer of cigars. Orange. 

" Mary Mrs. 
Helter John D. (Keystone Tobacco Co.), Orange. 
Gertrude Mrs. 
" Clifford. 
Herr Harry, laborer, Front. 
Carrie Mrs. 
Allie, pupil. 
Paul, pupil. 
Minnie. 
Hershey Amos H., manufacturer of cigars, E. Front. 

Anna Mrs., cigarmaker. 
Hershey Jacob R., laborer, E. Front. 

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Hershey Fannie Mrs., E. Front. 
Himmelberger Simon, drover. N. Broad. ^ 
Minnie Mrs. 
Grant. 
Hippert Joel, retired, Orange. 
Amanda Mrs. 
Edna, pupil. 
Hoffman Caroline, E. Front 
Hoffman Elizabeth, dressmaker, N. Orange. 
Bertha, housekeeper. 
Chester, teacher. 
Hollinger Fremont, painter. Orange. 
Amanda, Mrs. 
Howard, pupil. 
Hornberger Milton, cigarmaker, E. Front. 

Clara E. Mrs. 
Howard Oscar, laborer, E. Front. 

Anna Mrs. 
Huber Elizabeth (widow John K.) N. Broad. 
Katie, works knitting mill. 
Hettie, works box factory. 
Elmer, pupil. 
Lizzie, pupil. 
Imhoff Daniel, cigarmaker, Center. 
Cora Mrs. 
Bernel. 
Helen. 
Imhoff Wilson, engineer, E. Front. 

Emma, cigarmaker. 
Kauffman Andrew, laborer, N. Broad. 
Adeline Mrs. 
Benjamin. 
Nora. 
Kauffman Paul B., baker. Orange. 
Katie Mrs. 
Victor, pupil. 
" Paul. 
Alverta. 
Kaylor Aaron, laborer, E. Front 
Elizabeth Mrs. 

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Keener William, laborer, New. 
" Ada Mrs. 
Virginia. 
Keith Elizabeth S. (widow Henry), Orange. 
Keith Joseph, machinist, N. Broad. 

Emma Mrs. 
Keller Clayton, cigarmaker, Warwick House. 
Keller Jacob G., drover, Orange. 

" Mary Mrs. 
Keller Julius, machinist, New. 

" Ida Mrs. 
Kemper Claud, baker, N. Broad. 
Kemper Linnaeus, carpenter. Center. 
Keystone Tobacco Co. (H. Reist Landis, John D. Helter), leaf tobacco. 

Orange. 
Kline Fianna Mrs., (widow Aaron) Front. 

Laura H. 
Kling George, cigar packer. Front. 
" Mary Mrs. 

Lawrence S., pupil. 
Blanche S., pupil. 
Kling Jacob, shoemaker. Alley. 
" Eliza Mrs. 

Elmer, cigar packer. 
Ella, cigar packer. 
Kling Jacob, cigarbox factory. , 

" Mary Mrs. 
" Arthur. 
" Edith. 
Kling Robert, hostler, N. Broad, 
" Katie Mrs. 
Leroy, pupil. 
Helen 
" Robert. 
Klopp Mandon W., tobacco dealer. Center. 
Lydia Mrs. 
Luella, pupil. 
Kraft Edward, laborer. New. 
" Ella S. Mrs. 
Paul, pupil. 

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Kraft Walter, pupil. 
Krick C. Harvey, barber, N Broad. 
" Ella Mrs. 
Charles, 
Kurtz David H., carpenter, New. 

Amelia Mrs. 
Landis Maria, pupil. 
Elmer, pupil. 
Lane Andrew, retired farmer, Front. 

Barbara Mrs. 
Leed Jacob E., cigarmaker. Orange. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Ralph, pupil. 
Edna May. 
Lehn Luzetta Mrs. (widow Jonas), Front. 
Lenhart Martin, laborer. Orange and Center. 

Lizzie Mrs. 
Lenhart Urias, carpenter, E. Front. 

Rachel Mrs. 
Long Adam B. (Bear and Long), N. Broad. 
" Mary A. Mrs. 
*' Bertha. 

" C. Eugene, student. 
" Mabelle, student. 
Long Katie, boards Front. 
Longenecker Christian, Orange. 

Elizabeth (widow Levi). 
" Amanda. 

Longenecker John F., gas engines, Grange. 
Blanche Mrs. 
Eugene. 
McCloud James, bretzel baker. 
Martha Mrs. 
Raymond. 
McDowell Thomas, cigarmaker, E. Front. 

Nancy Mrs. 
McQyeney Frank, painter. Center. 

Virginia Mrs. 
Marks Thomas, clerk, Crange. 
" Ella Mrs. 

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Marks Willis, pupil. 

Virginia, pupil. 
Masser Frank A., machinist, Front. 
Anna Mrs. 
Ethel, pupil. 
Beryl, pupil. 
Meek Hiram, R. F. D. mail clerk, N, Broad. 

Mary, cigarmaker. 
Meiley Harry, laborer. Orange. 
" Mollie Mrs. 
Anna May. 
David. 
Meiley Vermont, bretzel baker, Orange. 
Amanda Mrs. 
" Lillian May. 
Metzler Amos, carpenter. 

Anna Mrs. 
Miller Samuel, retired. Orange. 

" Alice Mrs. 
Miller Simon, cigarmaker. Market. 
" Rachel Mrs. 

William, works shoe factory. 
Ella, box trimmer. 
Mary, works knitting mill. 
Katie, works knitting mill. 
Lily, pupil, 
Minnich Lydia, housekeeper, E. Front. 
Mohn Leah, (widow Christian), E. Front. 
Moseman Maria (widow Michael), New. 
Moyer Elmira, pupil, Warwick House. 
Moyer Benjamin, plasterer, E. Front. 
" Mary Mrs. 
Harvey. 
• Sallie. 
Murr Emma Mrs. (widow Edward), South Alley. 
Erla, works knitting mill. 
Harold, pupil. 
Murr Lewis S., blacksmith. Front. 

" Ida Mrs. 
Peineman Katharine Mrs. (widow Henry), Orange. 

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Pfautz Henry, teamster, Orange. 

Alice Mrs., works knitting mill. 
Pfautz Jacob, works chocolate factory. New. 
" Minnie Mrs. 
Anna May. 
" Paul. 
Pfautz Samuel, laborer, Warwick House. 
Reist Martha Mrs. (widow Reuben), Center. 

" Martha. 
Rentschler Frank, teamster. Front. 

Priscilla Mrs. 
Rickert Ellen Mrs., works Linden Hall, Center. 
Mabel, cigarmaker. 
Ralph, pupil. 
Risser Christian, farmer, near.Market. 
Elizabeth Mrs. 
Jacob, student. 
Annie, pupil. 
Risser Elam H., assistant superintendent, E. Front. 
" Mary E. Mrs. 
" Anna M. 
" Martin E. 
Roland Elam S., manufacturer of cigars Front. 

Rachael Mrs. 
Roland Jacob D., leaf tobacco and assessor,. Front. 
" Ella Mrs. 

Anna May, pupil. 
Roth Amos, mason, N. Broad. 
Amanda Mrs. 
William, laborer. 
David C, laborer. 
Linnaeus, laborer. 
Allen, stenographer. 
Anna, works chocolate factory. 
Roth Elmer, mason, Orange. 
" Minnie Mrs. 
Irene, pupil. 
" Ella. 
Ruhl Jacob, machinist. Orange. 
" Alice Mrs. 

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Ruhl Chandler, pupil. 

Luther. 
Ruby Luscinda, E. Front. 

Schreiner Amanda Mrs., works knitting mill, N. Broad. 
Schmuck Clayton, cigarmaker, Orange. 
Ida Mrs. 
Paul, pupil. 
Leon, pupil. 
Anna, pupil. 
" Viola. 
Seitzmger William, carpenter. New. 
Sadie Mrs. 
Florence F., pupil. 
Willis, K., pupil. 
Mcury E., pupil. 
Sadie, pupil. 
Seiverling William D,, cigarmaker. New 
Annie Mrs., cigarmaker. 
Margie. 
Charles. 
Shaeffer Samuel, laborer. New. 
Emma Mrs. 
Edwin, bretzelbaker. 
Harrison, works Mast factory. 
Aima, pupil. 
Ellie, pupil, 
Laura, pupil. 
Shcinnon Tillie Mrs,, Orange. 
Shelly Linnaeus, grocer, cor. Broad and Front. 
Shenberger Katharine, Front. 
Shenk Henry H., laborer. 
Emma Mrs. 
Nathaniel, laborer. 
Anna, pupil. 
Katie, pupil. 
Shoemaker Jacob, laborer, E. Front. 

Annie Mrs., laborer. 
Shoemaker James, teamster, Orange. 

Kate Mrs. 
Shoemaker Rolandes, manufacturer cigars. Orange. 

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Shoemaker Eva Mrs. 

Showers Lizzie Mrs. (widow Adam), South Alley. 
Monroe, laborer. 
Harry, bretzel baker. 
Irvin, cigarmaker. 
Shue Aaron, laborer. New. 

Lizzie Mrs. 
" Mary. 

Clayton, cutter. 

Mabel, works shoe factory. 

Edith, pupil. 

Norman, pupil. 
Smith Charles, cigarmaJcer, Front. 

Lydia Mrs. 

Heistand, cigarmaker. 

Helen. 

Mary, pupil. 
" Martha. 
Smith Samuel H. cigarmaker, E. Front, 
" Ida Mrs. 

Emma. 

Susie, pupil. 

Laura. 
Smith William, teamster, E. Front. 

Carrie Mrs. 

Ralph, pupil. 

Helen, pupil. 

Anna, pupil. 

Joseph. 
Snyder Frank, tobacco stripper. Center. 
Snyder John A., printer, Warwick House. 
Spayd Mary Mrs. (widow Aaron), Center. 
Sallie, pupil. 
Harry, pupil. 
Stark Harry S., cigarmaker. New. 

Lizzie Mrs, 

Herman, works Mast factory. 

Victor, pupil. 

Emma, pupil. 

Roy, pupil, 

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Stark Harry, pupil. 
Warren, pupil. 
Agatha, 
" Peter. 
Stauffer Benjamin, laborer. Market. 
Barbara Mrs. 
Amon. 
Stauffer William, cigarmaker. Orange. 
" Minnie Mrs. 
Theodore. 
Steffy Thomas, mason, N. Broad. 
" Ada Mrs. 

Leroy. 
" Mabelle. 
Stehman Harry S., electrician, Center. 
Mamie Mrs. 
Marshall. 
Wilson. 
Steiner Paul, works shoe factory. Front. 
Maggie Mrs. 
Leo, pupil. 
" Paul J. 
Stoner William, (Stoner & Son), N Broad and Orange. 
Sophia Mrs. 
Edwin S., physician. 
Stoner & Son, (William Stoner, Justus Stoner), leaf tobacco, warehouse Center. 
Stormfeitz Charles, cigarmaker. Front. 

Alice Mrs. 
Walter Samuel, clerk, Warwick House. 
William, works chocolate factory. 
John, pupil. 
Ralph, pupil. 
Weidman Daniel, E. Front and Front. 
Anna Mrs. 
Mary E. 
Weidner Benjamin, farmer, N. Broad. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Jacob, U. S. Navy. 
Ellen, works knitting mill. 
Benjamin, pupil. 

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Weidner Frank, pupil. . 
Harry, pupil. 
Stella. 
Moms. 
Weigand Hattie, cigarmaker. Center. 
Whitmyer Allen R., laborer. New. 

Susan Mrs. 
Whitmyer Samuel, cigarmaker. New. 
Lizzie Mrs. 
Elodie, pupil. 
Wike Harry, plasterer. Orange. 
" Alice Mrs. 
Lester. 
Wike Henry, plasterer. Front. 
Emma Mrs. 

Lily, works chocolate factory. 
Wike John, plasterer, E. Front. 

" Mary Mrs. 
Wike Zacharias, plasterer. Orange. 

Laura E. Mrs. 
Wildt Anthony, tobacco stripper. Center. 
Susan Mrs. 
Mary, pupil. 
Williams Lizzie, domestic, near Market. 
Winger Lydia E., N. Broad. 
Wissler Jacob, retired, N. Broad. 

Anna Mrs. 
Withers Daniel, hides and tziUow, New. 
" Ella Mrs. 
Daisy, pupiL 
Witmyer Martin, cigarmaker. New. 

Lizzie Mrs. 
Witmyer Harvey, apprentice, N. Broad. 
Yerger Christian, icemam, Orainge. 
Katie Mrs. 
" Mary. 
Yerger John H. farmer. Orange, 

" Filie Mrs. 
Yerger John, ice, E. Front. 
Selina Mrs. 

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Yerger Robert, bookkeeper. 
Levi, laborer. 
Elmer, laborer. 
Fannie. 
Elsie, pupil. 
Yerger Nicholas (N. G. Yerger & Co.), Orange. 
Katharine Mrs. 
Carrie, dressmaker. 
Martha. 
Justus, student. 
Katie. 

Christian, pupil. 
Eugene, pupil. 
Amos, pupil* 
Mildred, pupil. 
Yerger N. C. & Company, (Nicholas Yerger, John R. Bricker), leaf 

tobacco and manufacturer cement blocks, office N. Broad. 
Young Edwin S., retired, N. Broad. 

Susan Mrs. 
Zartman Addison, carpenter. Cedar. 
Leventine Mrs. 
Clayton, teacher. 
Ziegler John, retired farmer. Front. 
Zook Ira M., carpenter. Orange. 
Susan Mrs. 
Alice, pupil. 
Ruth, pupil. 
" Maud. 
Grace. 

LITITZ PIKE SOUTH OF BOROUGH LIMITS 

Bear Carrie, housekeeper. 
Bitzer Graybill, insurance agent. 

" Rose V. Mrs. 
Bomberger Nathan, retired. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Brubaker Nathan, retired. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Ooyle Fern, student, boards H. Fasnacht. 
Qiehm Reuben, laborer, 

" Mary Mrs. 

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Fasnacht Henry M., laborer 

Harry. 
Fasnacht Jacob, saddler. 

Mary Mrs. 
Hackman Andrew, retired farmer. 

Martha Mrs. 
Lutz Kate, works laundry. 
Meckley Earla, works cigar factory. 
Risser Christian, retired farmer. 

" Elizabeth Mrs. 
Schreiner Samuel, cigarmaker. 

Sarah Mrs. 
Shelly Horace, laborer. 

Amanda Mrs. 
Shoemaker Henry, laborer. 
Snyder David H., retired. 
" Mary Mrs. 

Frank. 
" Emma, pupil. 
Willis, pupil. 
" May. 
Snyder Samuel, retired. 
Weltmer Rose V. (widow James G.). 
Miriam J. 




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®I|r TJtUag? of Warmtrk 




NTIL the twentieth of August, 1 754, when the legal transfer of 
the property of George Klein to the Unity of the Brethren was 
made the history of Warwick and Lititz is largely common. 
After the above date, members of other denominations, the 
Moravians not allowing anyone to settle on their property not a 
Moravian, formed a settlement adjoining the Moravian tract on 
the north. This settlement was called Warwick after the town- 
ship in which it is located. Records concerning the early history of Warwick 
are scarce. 

Between the years 1811 and 1813 a syndicate consisting of Charles 
Monteluis, a Mr. Hibshman and others, bought the tract of land upon 
which the town was situated from the administrators of Nicholas Stroh, and 
laid the town off in lots, concerning the sale of which the following advertise- 
ment appeared in the Lancaster Journal July 16, 1813. 

Town of Warwick 

The subscriber has recently laid out a tract of land into 1 5 3 lots in 
Warwick township, Lancaster county, fifty perches north from the village of 
Litiz, which he purposes selling by way of lottery at 125 dollars each, to be 
paid on delivery of the titles. 

No. 1,116 feet, 6 inches front, on Litiz street, by 363 feet deep — on 
which are a large two-story limestone house with a cellar under it, and a 
never-failing pump before the door ; and a number of bearing apple trees, 
valued, at a moderate calculation, at 4000 dollars. 

No. 2,115 feet, 6 inches front, on said street, by 280 feet, 6 inches 
deep, with a beautiful log barn, and a number of bearing apple trees, worth, on 
a low calculation, 1 000 dollars. 

No. 135, contains half an acre of ground, lying between West Front 
street and South Alley, with a beautiful log dwelling house, worth at a low 
rate, 800 dollars. 

Also 1 5 lots, containing each about half an acre, of first rate timber land, 
each worth 200 dollars. 

Likewise 6 lots, containing each half an acre of first rate ground for 
cultivation. And 26 other lots, containing from l-4th to 3-4ths of an acre 
each— their respective numbers and contents as per plan. 

The remainder are building lots, 66 feet front by 1 8 feet, 6 inches deep, 
all having the advantage of streets and alleys, handsomely intersected at right 
angles, and the ground being level and well adapted for building. 

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A lawful title will be neatly executed on parchment, by the subscriber, 
with sufficient security against all legal claims if required, excepting only the 
fees for said titles, which shall not exceed 3 dollars and 50 cents. 

The subscriber reserves all the rails and standing timber in the public 
streets and alleys for his own use. 

The lottery will be drawn as soon as 2-3rds, or the whole of the" certif- 
icates are sold, on the premises in the town of Warwick, and under the 
direction of such disinterested persons as the purchasers of certificates may 
choose to appoint. 

Warwick is handsomely and conveniently situated on and adjoining Ltiitz, 
that well-known village ; and the turnpike road from Marietta and New Holland 
turnpike, will probably pass through this town, which will be commenced 
as soon as the necessary arrangements are made. 

CHARLES MONTELIUS. 
July 9, 1813. 8-3q 

That this sale was successful is indicated by the following notice which 
appeared in the same paper August 6th of the same year. 

Town of Warwick 

The holders of certificates for lots in the town of Warwick are requested 
to meet at Christian Hall's Tavern in the town of Lititz, on Saturday the 2.1st 
of August, 1 8 I 3, at 1 Oo'clock, in the forenoon, for the purpose of appointing 
managers to conduct the drawing. 

CHARLES MONTELIUS. 

August 6. 12-3rq 

In 1836 when the town consisted of a two-story stone house, three two- 
story brick houses, seven two-story frame houses and six one-story frame houses. 
David Miller, sheriff of Lancaster, County, seized the entire tract amounting to 
sixty-six acres and thirty-five perches and sold it to Frederick Zitzman to satisfy 
a claim of the Stroh estate, for the sum of six thousand nine hundred dollars. 
Zitzman afterward sold the property to David Bricker who represented the 
property holders who had origionally bought their lots from Charles Montelius. 

The original plan of the town as laid out by Montelius had made pro- 
visions for a large square where Center joins Market ; this square was to be 
used as a site for a market house, when the town attains sufficient size to 
require one. Parts of this square as well as the alleys north of Market street 
have since been vacated, and Center and Market streets narrowed, thus 
greatly marring the original plans. 

The children of the village attended what used to be "Hubers" school 
house, which, as remembered by several of our citizens, was a tumble down one- 
story log building used for school purposes during the winter months, and as a 

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dwelling house during the summer. The brick building familiar to most of us 
subsequently took the place of the log house and continued as the village schoo! 
until 1885 when the building now known as Warwick No. 1, was erected to 
supply additional educational facilities. Another school house was erected m 
1892 known as Warwick No. 2, which is occupied by the primary grades 
while the higher grade pupils are instructed in Warwick No. I. "Hubers" 
continued to be used as a school house until recently when its use as such was 
discontinued and it was changed into a dwelling house. 

Nicholas Stroh was probably the first innkeeper in the village. According 
to an old story he conducted a public house during the Revolutionary War ; 
being a Tory the place became headquarters for the Tories m the neighbor- 
hood of which there were quite a number. His wife, daughter of Jacob Huber 
who lived on the farm now occupied by Christian Snyder a mile north of 
town, was a staunch patriot, and suspecting that secret meetings were being 
held m the barn by her husband ar.d his Tory friends, she secreted herself one 
night in the hay-mow, and learned details of treasonable plans that were 
afoot. The next morning she confronted her husband and the gang in the 
bar-room, tcid them that upon an attempt to carry out their plans or hold any 
more meetings she would inform her father, who would have them arrested fcr 
treason, and the whole gang would he hung. The threat of the plucky 
woman had its effect. She broke up the Tory meetings. 

The Warwick House, one of the oldest hostelries in northern Lancaster 
County, dates its existence from I 8 1 4, or as another story has it from, 1 809. 
During the tim.e Levi Kerr per was its proprietor the hotel was known as the 
Kemper Honse, but this was changed to its present name, the Warwick 
House, by H. H. Snavely in 1 890. Jno. S. Badorf is the present proprietor. 

Another hotel was conducted for some years in the house now occupied 
by Mrs. Hoffman, corner of N. Broad and Orange Streets by Henry A. Zug, 
who erected the first live stock scales in the vicinity. 

The first store in the village was opened in 1814 by Peter Bricker ; after 
his death it was conducted by his son David Bricker, father of Major Jno. R. 
Bricker. The second store was started soon afterwards by Charles A. 
Kreider, a tailor, m the house now occupied by John Zeigler. 

Leonard Markley was the proprietor of a large coverlet factory in the 
house now occupied by Peter Bruner, in the lower part of which Frank 
Rauch carried on the business of locksmith, at about the same time. What 
was probably the largest industry that Warwick ever had was carried on by 
Christian Rauch who burned lime on an extensive scale where N. G. Yerger 
& Co. are now manufacturing cement building blocks. Rauch's first occupa- 
tion was that of a stocking weaver. All his life he was a great reader, and 

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published in 1810a text book on arithmetic, "Des "Deutschen ^auers und 
Landmanns Rechenbuch, und des Schul-lehrers Gehulfe." 

A scythe-snath factory was conducted by Henry Rickert on Market 
street on the property now owned by John Ziegler. In 1867 Capt. J. F. 
Diehm and Linnaeus Shelly under the firm name of Diehm & Shelley con- 
ducted a general store in the house now occupied by Willieim Stoner. In 
1876 Mr. Shelly withdrew from the firm and since 1880 is conducting a 
store on the corner of Front Street and South Alley. Mr. Diehm sold out 
after several years. William Stoner conducted a store in the building he now 
occupies, formerly occupied by- Diehm & Shelley, in 1 884 and continued it 
until 1892. Phares Bollinger started a store recently in Newer Warwick. 
Among its other industries the village has severed cigau: factories, a blacksmith- 
shop and a factory for the meinufacture of cement building blocks. 

Edward H. Rauch founder of "Father Abraham" and author of the 
" Pete Schroefflbrermer" stories which ran serially in the above publication, was 
a native of Warwick having been born in the house now occupied by Levi N. 
Brubaker. Mr. Rauch was a famous hamdwriting expert. He died a few 
years ago at Mauch Chunk. Alderman Lewis Rauch of Lanceister and 
Congressman Ancona of Reading also are natives of Warwick, having been born 
in the house where Mrs. Hoffman now lives. 

The inhabitants of Warwick, including Newer Warwick, number about 
seven hundred. 




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Utttti aa a liuairal (^mtvt 

By ELSIE WEST RULON 

O those readers who are interested in music a few facts concerning 
the musical history of Lititz will be welcome. These facts be- 
came known to the writer through a delightful little speech made 
by Mr. Abraham Beck at an oyster supper given to the Linden 
Hall Symphony Club. In connection with the present musical 
activity in Lititz Mr. Beck referred to the traditioncil association 
of music with the early Moravian settlements at Bethlehem and 
Lititz ; and much to the writer's surprise he took us back (in imagination) to 
the year 1 765 in Lititz, when the first church orchestra was organized by 
Bernaurd Adam Grube. In 1 79 1 George Gottfried Mueller was the leader 
of the church orchestra, during his stay at the Brethren's House as its "Pfleger." 
Upon one occasion "Brother Mueller was quickly recalled from Lancaster 
because a certain Herr (John) Randolph, ELx-Govemor of Virginia, cind now 
Att'y Gen'l of the United States who came here yesterday evening on his way 
to Philadelphia to visit us, wished to hear our music " (Brethren's House Diary, 
May 20, 1791). 

In 1812 there was a village band in Lititz, so well known for its excel- 
lence that it was much in demand by neighboring towns, for special occasions. 
At this period the sentiment of the Lititz people was rather against the use of 
a "drum," as a very "worldly " instrument. But some of the "young bucks " 
were so eager for this rythmic accompaniment that they constructed an instru- 
ment out of a big box, with some raw hide stretched across the top, upon 
which they beat with big paddles. In order not to shock the good town-peo- 
ple this so-called "drum " was taken out to Miller's woods, and there the young 
men revelled in the sounds they were able to produce upon it. The Lititz 
band was engaged to play in Lancaster about 1 824 when Lafayette made a 
visit to that city. And thereby hangs another tale, of the woe that came to 
the bassoon player. The band spent the night at the hotel then known as the 
Cooper House, and it happened that there was a private dance going on there, 
and a lively one too. The bassoon player thoughtlessly left his instrument in 
the parlor ; and the next morning he appeared at breakfast with a "rueful 
countenance," and the fragments of his bassoon, which had evidently been 
used as a weapon (or weapons !) in a lively scrimmage. 

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Again in 1834 when the Lancaster and Columbia railroad was formally 
opened, and the Governor and his staff made the first trip over the road, it was 
the Lititz band that furrished msic for the occasion. It seems that they rode 
on top of the cars, for there is a tradition to the effect that the "serpent player" 
received a very hard knock on his head in going under a bridge — and he was 
only too glad to find that his head had not been taken off entirely. 

When the Oratorio of the "Creation" was given for the first time in 
Philadelphia they actually sent to Lititz for two or three "fiddle players," a very 
significant compliment to the little Moravian settlement. The "Creation" was 
given in Lititz in 1838. The Rev. Chas. F. Kluge was principal of Linden 
Hall at that time, and he undertook and earned it through. The orchestra 
which took part in this performance was the Philharmonic Society, under the 
direction of Professor Spiegler, v^^ho was in charge of the Music Department at 
the school. He was a fine cello player himself. Among the members of the 
Philharmonic Society were Miss Clara Frueauff and Madame Bechler, who 
played piano duets. 

During the writer's school-days at Linden Hall, Professor Schaeberle 
organized a school orchestra, which was the immediate forerunner of the first 
Symphony Club. At present there are three musical organizations in Lititz, the 
present L. H. S. Symphony Club, the Lititz Band, (a fine organization and as 
much in demand as the origional one) both under the direction of Mr. Paul 
Beck ; also a Sunday school orchestra under the leadership of Mr. George 
L. Hepp. [The St. Paul Lutheran Sunday School also has an excellent 
orchestra directed by Mr. Theodore Zeller. — Ed.] So that it can be 
very honestly and positively said that at the present time Lititz is maintaining its 
musical traditions and living up to them. And so we are enabled to see in part 
at least how the reputation for genuine musical culture has grown up around this 
time-honored spot. All honor to Lititz for its good part in the advancement of 
the Art of Music— L/nc/en Hall Echo, June, 1905. 




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By PAUL E. BECK 

HE orchestra known as the Symphony Club came into existence 
in 1 890 under the following circumstances : 

Prof.J. F. Schaeberle, then head of the Music Department 
at Linden Hall, had decided to supplement the work of his more 
advanced pupils by an analytical study of some of the best known 
symphonies and to this end had the works rehearsed and perform- 
ed by four of the girls at a time — using two pianos for the purpose. 
The young ladies became enthusiastic and to make it more interesting he 
joined them, playing the 1 st violin part from the score. 

At this early stage there was no thought of public performance, all the 
work being pursued simply with a view to a closer acquaintance with the great 
masterpieces of music. 

But it occured to the professor that these studies might be much enhanced 
by having some of the other orchestral parts represented and when he broached 
the project to the class the girls at once evinced a most cordial approval. 
Speaking to several local musicians on the subject he received a hearty response 
and thus, recruiting his forces also from among the most proficient of his private 
pupils, he brought together a body of ladies and gentlemen who took the name 
of the Symphony club. 

The membership of this first orchestra, so far as I remember it, was : 

Pianos : Misses Pauline Cooper, Lucy Brickenstein, Mary Reichel, Sue 

Scheibler and Kate French; 1st Violin, Prof. Schaeberle; 2nd Violin, H. 

{ Beck ; Viola, E. Schaeberle ; Violoncello, A. R. Beck ; Contra Bass, P. Beck; 

Flute, S. F. VanVleck ; Clarinet, A. Smith ; French Horns, W. A. Tobias, 

L. Schaeberle ; Trombone, J. A. Miksch. 

The Club continued and thrived until the professor left Lititz in 1895- 
Now and then members dropped out and new ones entered, but the study went 
on and proved of the very highest educational value hom a musical standpoint. 
At that time there was held during each year a regular series of soirees 
and musicales — evening entertainments in which all the pupils participated. It 
was upon these occasions that the Symphony club appeared. There was no 
thought of a regular concert with paid admission. We had no expenses 

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to meet. Prof. Schoeberle did absolutely all the work — furnished the expen- 
sive scores, copied endless parts and even supplied some of the players with 
their instruments. Excepting that of the pianos, all the music was played from 
manuscript and I have often recalled with intense admiration the unbounded 
zeal which prompted our leader to personally copy all those parts from the 
scores. He set us an example by a tremendous energy which he habitually 
threw into his work. 

The most serious criticism of the policy pursued at that time lay in the fact 
that while the works attempted were admirable for private practice, they were 
in nearly every case far too heavy for our meager resources when looked upon 
as finished performances. 

And that we innocently enjoyed our revels and congratulated one another 
upon the feats of our little band, rather indicated that we did perhaps, rush in 
where more experienced musicians had feared to tread. When I think, for 
example, of our immature double bass player not only handling, but 
actually regaling himself with the remarkable part written for his instrument in 
the "thunderstorm" movement of Beethoven's magnificent Pastoral Symphony, 
I cannot but admire the unlimited nerve so indicative of the spirit of the entire 
orchestra. 

When Prof. Schaeberle severed his connection with the seminary the club 
disbanded but was reorganized in 1 903 by Miss Rulon, the present head of 
the music department. 

The orchestra as it exists to-day has a membership of twenty-six, all 
thoroughly enthusiastic in its advancement. Rehearsals are held every Thurs- 
day evening and public concerts, at which a soloist (usually from Philadelphia) 
h engaged to appear, are played monthly in the music room. 

The instrumentation is as follows: Pianos, Misses W. Armstrong, A- 
Butzer, M. Eckert, M. Groff, G. Lingerfleld, C. Oerter, Marie Stewart, B. 
VanVleck, E. W. Rulon; 1st Violins, Messrs H. H. Beck, C. Loeffler, M. 
Baker, T. Haisch ; 2nd Violins, Mr. J. Zahm, Miss M. Stoner, Mr. L. Grossman' 
Mr. H. Stark ; Viola, Mr. C. Amer ; Violoncello, Mr. A. R. Beck ; Contra- 
bass, Mr. B. Lutz ; Flute, Mr. J. J. Huebener ; Clarinet, Mr. R. Byerly ; I 
Cornet, Mr. H. C. Gingrich ; II Cornet, Mr. A. Butzer ; Trombone, Mr. 
C. Hackman ; Drum, Mr. L. Sturgis ; Conductor, Mr. P. E. Beck. — Linden 
Hall (Scho, June, 1905. 




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of ICtttt2 

1 74 1 — Count Zinzendorf, with his daughter Benigna came to America. He 
visited various Indian tribes, accompanied by several brethren and 
V sisters. At Schecenneco he established the first Indian Moravian Con- 
gregation in America. 

1 742 — December, Count Zinzendorf held religious services in Warw^ick, at 
the house of Jacob Huber. This service was the first held by a 
"^ Moravian in the vicinity of Lititz. 

1 744 — A log church was built on George Klein's land at the instance of Rev. 
Lawrence Nyberg, a Lutheran minister hom Sweden stationed at 
Lancaster. This church was called St. James Church. 

1 745 — At a Moravian Synod held in the court house at Lancaster a number 
of awakened souls in Warwick presented a request for a resident pastor. 
Rev. Daniel Neibert and his wife, from Philadelphia were sent to them. 

1 746 — Rev. LawTence Nyberg was suspended from the ministry owing to 
his independent course and the character of his preaching. He 
opened his pulpit to various itinerant Moravian ministers, and finally, 
with the greater part of his flock he united with the Moravian Church. 
September, a meeting was held at George Klein's house to consider 
the question of building a school and meeting house. The unanimous 
conclusion was that each should contribute towards building a Gemein- 
haus to serve as a dwelling for the ministers and a school and meeting 
house. Klein donated 3 3-4 acres of land for this purpose (now the 
I property of Mr. Clement Badorf). 

I 1 747 — March 29. The corner-stone of the Qemeinhaus was laid by Revs. 
Nyberg and Neibert. 

1 748 — May 24. Leonard Schnell, successor of Rev. Neibert, began the 
school with four boys and three girls. 

August 1 1 . The first lovefeast was held in the new Gemeinhaus by 
Bishop Nathaniel Seidel, of Bethlehem. 

September 4. The first Wednesday evening services were held. 
November 1 3. George Klein and Leonard Bender who lived on 
the Conestoga, were received into the communion of the Moravian 
Church. They were the first to be so received in the colony. 

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I 749 — February 9. Bishop Spangenberg assisted by others, dedicated the 
J Gemeinhaus and organized the " Warwick Country Congregation." 
The first communion in this building was celebrated on this day. 
November 20-24. A Provincial Synod was held in WarvN'ick, the 
V. fourth Synod of the Brethren's Church in America. 

1 75 1 — September 5. The first marriage in the Congregation took place, that 
of Peter Ricksecker, of Donegal, to the widow Barbara Post. 

1753 — November 7. On the occasion of the burial of Michael Erb in the 
St. James Church graveyard the plan was begun of dividing the ground 
into sections, so that those of the same sex and "class" might be interred 
together, a custom which is still adhered to by the older Moravian con- 
gregations. 

December 9. Bishop Peter Boehler organized a "society" composed 
of persons, who while not members of the Warwick church desired to 
be under its pastoral charge, and entitled to the privileges of its ordin- 
ary and special services. 

I 754 — October 7. Bishop Spangenberg organized the church council,* 
George Klein and Valentine Grosh being elected stewards, an office 
corresponding to that of trustee at the present time. 
August 20. The legal transfer of the property of George Klein to 
the Unity of the Brethren was made. 

1 755 — August 1 8. Bishop Hehl was selected by lot as the general superin- 
tendent of the country congregations. He took up his residence in 
Klein's stone house, which was commonly called thereafter the Pilger- 
haus. 

1 756 — June 12. Letters were received from Count Zinzendorf in which he 
gave the name "Lititz" to the new settlement after the Barony of Lititz 
in Bohemia. 

August 2 1 . The old house that stood at the head of the great spring 
was removed to a point, as the church diary states, "between the school 
house (the original Gemeinhaus) and Heil's " (Jacob Heil). This 
house was to be the home of the workmen who were to erect the 
proposed grist mill. 

1 757 — January 10. George Klein concluded the purchase of a small piece 
of land below Jacob Heil's on which John Bender's sons had buih a 
saw mill. The grist and saw-mill was to be built on this tract. 

1 757— February 9, The town was surveyed and laid out in lots. 

February 1 2-22. The mill site was finally determined upon. On the 
1 3th the felling of trees began ; and quarrying began on the 22d. 
April 1 8. An agreement was made to build a house, upon taking up 

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The first house of Litilz, built by George Klein, in 1754. From that year until! 761 it 
served the purpose of a (,\';//r!?i/iaus, (meeting place and parsonage). Also called the 
/'i/ocj/ni/ts. 1761-1763, the congregation store and tavern, kept by Andrew Horn. 
1765-1804 owned and occupied by David Tannenberg, the organ builder. It stood opposite 
the residence of Robert N. Wolle. Rear view from the north.— A. R. Beck 1904 
Photograph by E. A. Rau from the original sketch in the Bethlehem archives. A Provincial 
Synod was held in it August 15-17, 1754, Bishop Spangenberg presiding. It was torn down 
in 1866, but its rear wall remains, forming part of the present building. 




LINDEN HALL SEMINARY 50 YEARS AGO 
FROM A CIRCULAR BY E. A. FRUEAUFF, NOW IN POSSESSION OF D. C. FASS 



a house lot, by Lewis Cassler who arrived from Philadelphia. This 

house, the first private house in Litittz, occupied the site or Mr. Israel 

G. Erb's present residence. 
1758 — January 18. A. council was held to ascertain how much building 

and labor each member would contribute for the two choir houses 

the houses for the single brethren and single sisters. 

June 7. The cornerstone of the Sisters' House was laid by Bishop 

Spangenburg. 

August. During this and the following months dysentery and an epi- 
demic fever prevailed. Ten persons died. 

November 5. John Bomgartner, the first child born in Lititz (Sept. 

26) died and was the first one to be interred in the new graveyard 

which was laid out on the hill south of the present church. 
I 759 — April 14. The first Easter morning service was held in the St. James 

graveyard and concluded in the new graveyard with the Te Deum. 

May 1 4. The Warwick and Lititz congregations were united. 

July 4. The corner-stone of the Single Brethren's house was laid by 

Rev. Gottlieb Petzord, the architect and superintendent, after an 

address by Bishop Boehler. 

August 23. Dr Schmidt, a physician from Bethlehem, arrived to look 

after the sick, an epidemic fever still prevailing. 

December 24. The first Christmas Eve, service for the children was 

held. 
1 760 — Dr. Frederick Otto, the first physician of Lititz moved into the house 

at the spring vacated by Brother Haller. 
1761 — February 25. The new road leading from Reading to Anderson's 

Ferry on the Susquehanna which passes through Lititz was laid out. 

November 1 9. The new organ arrived from Bethlehem (it had been 

bought for forty pounds, voluntarily contributed by the members ; this 

organ was first used December I ). 

December 5. The Brethren's House was consecrated. 

December 8. A committee of Temporal Affairs or a "Committee of 

Arbitration;" as it was also called, was appointed, consisting of nine 

members. 
1 762 — JanuEiry 8. First communion celebrated in the chapel of the Sister's 

House. The surplice was used for the first time. 

February 8. Brother Horn received his license from the court as inn- 
keeper. The inn was kept in the Pilgerhaus located on the site of 

Mrs. Peter Reist's house. 

March I 7. The cornerstone of the new Gemeinhuas (the present 

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parsonage) was laid by Bishop Hehl, assisted by Bishop Boehler and 
Spangenberg. The document placed into the stone makes mention of 
the Sides Episcopalis Ignatiana and is dated, "the second year of the 
reign of the most glorious George III of Great Britain and the three 
hundred and sixth year after the building of the Ancient Brethren's 
settlement of Lititz in Bohemia. 

1 763 August 9. A day of thanksgiving appointed by the civil authorities in 
view of the conclusion of peace (with France, at close of French and 
Indian War) was duly observed, many of our neighbors being present. 
September I 6. The first meeting was held in the new Gemeinhaus. 
On the I 8th the house was consecrated. 

I 764 January 3. Brother John Thomas received permission to start a bakery. 
January 4. On the day of appeal at Lancaster a memorial against 
their excessive taxation was presented, and in consequence two-thirds 
of the amount was remitted. 

April 12. A new bell (recast) was hung on a scaffold before the' 
Brethren's House (this is the first time a bell was mentioned). 
May 25. Brother Horn moved his inn out of the T^ilgerhaus to the 
new inn Zion AnJ^er (Anchor Inn), site of the present Springs Hotel 
September 1 . Christian Fenstermacher arrived from Philadelphia to 
open a new store. 

' 765 January. A boys' and girls' school were commenced. (This appears 
to have been in addition to the school in the old Warwick Gemein- 
haus, which was probably now Intended only for children from the 
neighborhood). 

February 2 I . The brethren Grosh and Thomas were appointed fire 
inspectors. 

March 22-23. Snow fell without interruption so that it was impossi- 
ble to get from one house to another, and only one service could be 
held on the latter day (Sunday) towards evening. 
March 28. The ground was staked off for a wool carding mill on the 
creek. By June the mill was in operation. (St. James Church a log 
structure being unused and out of repair was removed, 1 771, to the 
carding mill, to serve as a house for the miller). 

June 2 7. There was so hard a frost that the garden vegetables and 
fruit were very much damaged. 

June 30. The subscription towards paying the debts of the Unity was 
opened.' (There seems also to have been some difficulty in making up 
the expenses of the church). 
December 24. The custom of presenting each child with a lighted 

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wax candle was introduced at the Christmas Eve services. 

1 766 — October 1 4. A large bear was seen in the yard of the Brethren's 
house. It was followed but not caught. 

November 1 1 . Town lots were to be sold on Jacob Huber's land, 
immediately joining Lititz but the project came to naught. 

1 767 — October I 6. The brethren took charge of the Fenstermacher store, 
appointing brother Payne who came from Bethlehem to conduct it. 

1 768 — October 2. Brother Francke went to Lancaster to get the loan of 
household utensils and furniture for use during the approaching synod., 
A formal organization of the choir and orchestra took place this year 
and a collection was taken thereafter regularly for the purchase of instru- 
ments and music. 

1 769 — March. A smallpox epidemic broke out prevailing mostly among the 
children, so that the girls' school was closed for several months. 
April. A vault for the reception of dead bodies until the funeral was 
built under the steps of the Qemeinhaus. (Such an arrangement was 
probably occasioned by the smallness or crowded condition of the 
dwelling houses in many instances). The builder's body, (Christian 
Sproge) was the first to be deposited in the "corpse chapel" a month 
later. 

1770 — September 28. A church council resolved that each householder 
should lay a pavement of some kind before his house. 
Dec. 3. The printing of a portion of the smaller hymn book for the 
use of the children was ordered at Ephrata. 

Trombones were substituted for French horns in the church music dur- 
mg this year. 

December 26. The Justice of the Peace (William Henry) spent the 
day here and attended to the indenturing of six boys as apprentices. 

1773 — July 1. The church council resolved that it should not be permitted 
to the young men to wander around the farms at fruit time, as they are 
in the habit of doing ; and that during harvest time no improper Icon- 
duct shall be allowed. 

1773 — March. A quantity, of yarn and wash, which had been left to dry 
over night in the yard of the Sisters' House was stolen and it was 
recommended that a watch be kept on suspicious persons who are pass- 
mg to and fro. 

April. Sister Polly Penry went to Lancaster to learn the art of 
makmg some new kmd of embroidery. 

May 3. From six to eight inches of snow fell, followed by severe 
frosts the next two nights. Much damage was done to fruit trees, 
grain and grass. 

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1 774 — July 7. A public advertisement having summoned all the freeholders 
of this county to meet at Lancaster on the ninth for an election of a 
committee and deputies to Congress in Philadelphia, a meeting was held 
with all our freeholders to consult what should be our position in the 
serious conjuncture which has arisen between the colonies and the mother 
country. The conclusion reached was that brother Horn should be our 
representative ; that we would seek to be quiet and not permit party 
spirit to come up among us ; and that we will answer those who wish 
to know our feelings that we desire peace to be maintained. (The 
Moravians, like their neighbors the Dunkards and Mennonites, were 
non-jurors and non-combatants and had been recognized as such by the 
British Parliament.) 

July 20. A printed notice was received that at the meeting of free- 
holders in Lancaster it had been resolved in order to assist the army in 
Boston, that a collection should be taken up in this county in order 
to purchase supplies for it, and that a collector would shortly arrive to 
receive our contributions. After a good deal of discussion in the coun- 
cil it was at last determined that each brother should give or not give 
as he felt disposed, or had the means, and that no brother should enter 
into any argument with the collector concerning his giving or not giving, 
for we will not make cause with either party. 

December 26. Today the organ lately built by brother Tanne- 

berger (it has twenty registers) for the Lutheran church at Lancaster^ 
was consecrated. — Dr. Adam Kuhn was here several days ago to ask 
that our trombone players might assist on this occasion. Accordingly 
five brethren with trombones and hautboys started early in the morning 
and took part in the tunes at two preaching services. 

I 775 — February 27. In a council meeting attention was drawn to the meas- 
ures adopted by Congress regarding the use of tea, which is now 
strictly enforced throughout the land. It was resolved that the sale of 
tea in our store shall cease. 

June 2. Bishop Seidel wrote from Bethlehem that in the present 
serious times it became us to remain inactive, but that because of our 
conscientious convictions regarding going to war and bearing arms a 
declaration had been presented to Congress through Benjamin Franklin 
which had been favorably received. 

June I 1 . The two township communities have appointed a meeting 
at the inn and have asked for the appointment of six advisory members, 
the purpose being to promote peace, quiet and equality among the 
inhabitants of the township, and to prevent and put down any disturb- 

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ances of the peace which may occur or be threatened. Brother 
Horn was chosen as one of the members. 

July 29, Congress and the Assembly having ordered that non-associ- 
ators, i. e. those who refuse to bear arms, shall contribute in money to 
the expenses of the country, the brethren David Tanneberger, of Lititz, 
and Christopher Frey, from the country members, were appointed 
collectors. 

August 5. The military company of the township had chosen Lititz 
as their place to drill, which they did on the Lancaster road near the 
inn. Everythmg passed off m good order. 

October 14. The township company, after their drill, made such a 
disturbance that further drills here were forbidden. 
November 25. The grist mill was destroyed by lire early in the 
morning. Over one thousand bushels of grain were destroyed — a 
great loss. (It was immediately rebuilt of stone.) 
( 1776 — The diary, without going into particulars, mentions that a spirit of 
seducement found entrance into the church, was discovered and re- 
moved. It was, no doubt, occasioned by the political excitement of 
the times. Mention is also made of the rise in prices and scarcity of 
many necessities of life. During this year the membership decreased 
by fifty-five. 

1 777 — For this year when the country was passing through the most gloomy 
part of the war the diary chronicles nothing but the regular events of 
the church. 

1778 — From December 19th of the previous year until August 28th of this 
year, a hospital for about two hundred sick and wounded American 
soldiers was established in the Brethren's House, which had to be 
vacated for the purpose, and various officers and doctors were quarter- 
ed in houses in the village, (The following: Payne's, now Wolle's, 
House, Tannenberg's the Peter Reist building, Blickendoerfer's, the 
old post office building, Geitner's, now Workman's saddler shop, and 
the whole of the Tshudy house, part of the Linden Hall grounds, 
were so occupied.) The brethren and older boys meanwhile took up 
quarters in the school house and the store. The wea\dng shop, smithy 
and the kitchen, were continued. Camp fever broke out soon after 
the establishment of the hospital, many were infected and four of the 
villagers died, among them one of the pastors of the church. (The 
four were as follows: Pastor John Jacob Schmick, who preached 
faithfully to the wretched soldiery, Catharina Blickensderfer, Henry 
Oerter, the village blacksmith, Christopher Pohl, the brethren's cook.) 

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1778 — Familiarity with the soldiers had an injurious influence, especially 
upon the youth of the village, the effects of which were experienced 
for many years. Over one hundred of the soldiers died. They were 
buried in a field to the east of the village. No traces of these graves 
remain. Dr. Allison who had the chief direction of the hospital, pre- 
served the best order, and kept the people from molestation. 
In August a report reached the village that the whole town was to be 
vacated and used for a general hospital. A deputation from the 
Bethlehem authorities waited on General Washington who directed 
them to consult with Dr. Shippen, the genera! director of the hospitals, 
who was stationed at Manheim at the time. A written memorial was 
addressed to him, to which he replied in very friendly terms, saying 
that he would spare us as much as possible, and that he saw no pros- 
pect at that time of any such step becoming necessary, in which case 
he would first consult with us. 

The Test Act, which required the abjuring of the king, his heirs and 
successors, and an oath of allegiance to the new government, under 
penalty of imprisonment, confiscation and banishment, became a source 
of anxiety. Bishop Etwein presented a petition to Congress which 
was then in session at York, for a release from the abjuration. He 
was favorably received and dismissed with a letter to the Pennsylvania 
Assembly in session at Lancaster, which on May 27th adopted the 
following report conceming the Etwein petition : "Although the As- 
sembly cannot grant the petition m the way in which it is intended, the 
House is, nevertheless, ready and willing to grant the petitioners every 
encouragement and protection in their power which may appear con- 
sistent with the duty they owe their constituents and the welfare ot 
the United States of America." 

The diary further describes the painful discovery that was made that 
twelve of the adult members and a large number of the young men 
had, before the resolution of the Assembly was published, secretly 
X taken the test oath, a step in which they had been in great part per- 
suaded by the officers emd soldiers quartered here. Several of the 
brethren were ordered to join the militia soon after, and u{)on present- 
ing themselves on "bail day" in order to procure exemption, they were 
asked if they had taken the test oath to which their reply wais made 
that they had not ; nothing more was said to them and they were not 
again molested. 

The hospital was broken up on the 28th of August and removed to 
Lancaster. The brethren who had become alienated from each other 

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— probably caused by diverse views upon tbe fight [or independence 
then being made by the colonies— became reconciled in November of 
this year, and the communion, which had not been held (or several 
months, was again celebrated. In December the Assembly repealed 
all the penalties attached to the Test Act except that which denied the 
right of voting. On the 30th the congregation spent the day in fast- 
ing and prayer. 

In the midst of these anxious moments record is made of the procunng 
of a spinning machine by the Single Sisters, with which one person 
can spin twenty-four threads of wool at one time, and which was of 
excellent service. 

The first Pharmacopeia published in America, was the work of Dr. 
1 William Brown, published at Lititz and printed in Philadelphia by 
Christian Siest. 

I 779— Of this year the diary says that it was distinguished by a great rise in 
the price of provisions and labor, and a constant depreaation of the 
paper currency. "Still" it goes on to say, "'we have not only had a 
sufficiency but have been able to give to others." At this time the 
church paid in taxes over four hundred pounds, and the citizens as 
much more. The membership at the close of this year numbered 
two hundred and seventy-three, fifty-one being children. This shows 
a loss of sixty-nine since 1 773, caused mostly by the falling away of 
the country members. 

\ 783 — The year of peace. The war being over the church and community 
again flourished. Four new houses were built this year. 

! 784— May 25. The cornerstone of an addition to the Sisters' House was 
laid. (This building was finished the foUowing year.) 

J 785 — ^July 26. The chai3ei on the .second story of the Sisters' House was 
dedicated. 

I 786 — ^June 1 7. The cornerstone of the present church was laid by Rev. 
John A. Klingsore, the pastor, and Rev. Ferdinand Dittmers, the 
warden. (The plan of the church was made by William Henry of 
Lancaster. The belfry was designed by David Tanneberger who 
also built the organ.) 

8 787 — August 1 3. The present church was consecrated. Rev. Klingsohr 
preached the sermon. Bishop Ettwein conducted the love-feast and 
communion. The new organ was played by Rev. John A. Herbst. 
(The total cost of the church, not including materials that were donated, 
was $5326.58. Collections amounted to $2360.64. From 1 788 
to 1821 legacies amounting to $1241 were received from de- 

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ce~sed members. The Warwick brethren donated $400 which they 
received from the sale of the Warwick school house. A legacy 
received 1824 from Andrew Kreiter, amounting to $1000 reduced 
the debt to $404,782-3.) 

1 792 — A night watchman was appointed, there having been a good deal of 
thieving in the neighborhood and an attempt at robbing the store. He 
i went on duty at ten o'clock, and after midnight called out the hours. 

His salary was twenty-four pounds — about seventy-five dollars. 

1 794 — Linden Hall Seminary founded. 

1 80 1 — A clock, the present one, for the church steeple was procured. The 
subscription paper shows that about one hundred and seventy-five 
pounds or four hundred and sixty-six dollars was coontributed for the 
purpose. 

1 806 — August 1 3. The church celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its organi- 
zation with special service. 

Concerning the life of the church and community at and after the 
commencement of the year 1 800 little of special interest is recorded 
It was a period of transition, a change from the old times to the new, 
characterized by a tenacious clinging to earlier customs and regulations 
that belonged to the past on the one hand, and an indifference or 
opposition to them on the other. Financially the community was on 
the whole not prospering, business being diepressed as was the case 
throughout the whole country. 

I 8 1 5 — John Beck took charge of the village school. 

I 820 — Lime first used as a fertilizer by Joseph Brubaker, Sr., and Frederick 
Keller near Lititz. 

1837 — The fiftieth anniversary of the consecration of the church was 
celebrated. 

1838 — July 16. A great conflragration — six buildings destroyed. These 
were Jacob Rock's house, Timothy Maslick's house and barn. Widow 
Rauch's house, Peter Conn's house and bcirn. Linden Hall was on 
fire but was extinguished before serious damage was done. Alex- 
ander Sturgis' house was also partly destroyed. (Widow Rauch's house 
was the old Warwick church built in 1 748.) 

1 846 — Nathaniel S. Wolle organized the Moravian Sunday School. 

1 84 7 — The turnpike over the old Crown road, between Lititz and Lancaster 
was finished, 

I 85 1 — John B. Erb introduced the first mowers — the McCormick, into this 
section. 

1855 — The so-called lease system was abolished by a vote of the church 

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council, not however, without considerable opposition ; thus Lititz 
ceased to be an exclusive church settlement. A charter of incorpor- 
ation was procured in November of that year. The first board of trustees 
elected under it consisted of the following : Francis M. Rauch, Ferdi- 
nand D. Rickert, Nathaniel S. Wolle, George T. Greider, John 
William Rauch and Samuel Lichtenthaeler. 

1 85 7 — The church was remodeled within and without at a cost of 1 5,000 dol- 
lars, which included repairs and changes in the parsonage. A recess 
was built for the pulpit. Pews took the place of the old movable 
benches and a vestibule was added in front. The dedication took 
place December 20th and 2 1st. 

1 863 — Linden Hall Seminary was incorporated. Before this time it was called 
the Lititz Boarding School. 
The Reading and Columbia railroad was completed during this year. 

1 865 — April 1 9. Special services were held to pay a tribute of respect to 
the memory of Abraham Lincoln. 

1867 — The clock on the steeple rebuilt by Godfrey M. Zahm of Lancaster. 

I 869 — August I 0. An organization of American Mechanics was instituted. 
This order was discontinued in 1 8 7 7 at which time it was merged into 
the Manheim chapter of the same lodge. 

1870 — January 1. A Savings Fund and Building Association, organized the 
previous year, began business this year. It was continued until Janu- 
ary 1879. Its assets at the last report were $87,336.62. 

1871 — The Society of the Jerusalem Church of the Evangelical Association 
was organized. 

February 23. The twenty- fifth Anniversary of the Moravian Sunday 
School was held. 

1873 — The Wabank Hotel entirely destroyed by fire. (In 1862-63 Samuel 
Lichtenthaler bought this building, which originally was situated on 
the Conestoga Creek a few miles south of Lancaster. He took it 
down, moved it to Lititz and rebuilt it just south of the present Springs 
Hotel.) 

I 8 74 — The cornerstone of the Trinity United Evangelical Church was laid 
July 26. The church was dedicated November 29th of this year. 

[877 — The Sunbeam, a 16 page literary monthly was established by E. Z. 
Ernst and John G. Zook, the first issue appearing in April. 
The Lititz Record, published by J. Frank Buch, issued for the first 
time September I 4, of this year. 

1879 — The present organ in the Moravian Church was dedicated July 13. 
Rev. H. A. Brickenstein, assisted by the pastor Chas. Nagle conduct- 

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ed the dedicatory exercises. This organ was built by Cook and 
Hastings of Boston. Its cost was two thousand four hundred and 
t\vent>-five dollars. 
1 880 — General John A. Sutter, ento.Tibed in the northwest corner of the 
Moravian graveyard. 

John Augustus Sutter was bom in Kandem, Baden, Februar>' 15. 
1803. He graduated at the age of twenty from the military college 
at Berne, and entered the " Swiss Guard " of the French Army, 
sening under Charles X, hrom 1823 to 1830. then in the Swiss 
Army till 1 834. He emigrated to America about this time, and after 
a short stay at St. Louis, settled at Westport, Mo. In 1837 he 
removed to New Mexico, settling at Santa Fe. In 1838 accompanied 
by six men set out accross the plains for California, making his way via 
Forts Hill, Baisi and Walla Walla to Oregon, and descended the 
Columbia to Vancouver. Finding no direct communication with Cali- 
fornia he sailed to the Sand\vich Islands. .Vfter a stay of six months 
,he freighted a ship for Sitka, Alaska, and after disposing of his cargo, 
sailed south, arriving at San Francisco bay, July 2, 1 839. He settled 
some distance up the Sacramento River, built a grist mill, a tannery 
and a fort, calling his new colony New Helvetia. From the Mexican 
government he received a grant of land consisting of 1 00,000 acres 
for ser\-ices rendered. Gold being discovered on his ranch in I 848 
the country was overrun with gold diggers and General Sutter was 
dispossessed of the land. This glaring injustice would not have been 
possible had it not been through the indifference of Congress toward 
his claims resulting from the cession by Mexico of California to the 
United States. 

Before California became the property- of the United States, General 
Sutter was an officer in the Me.xican government. After its cession 
to the United States he was elected first alcalde, (chief magistrate) of 
his district, was Indian commissioner and delegate to the convention 
for framing the constitution of California. He filed a claim before the 
United States Land Commissioner for thirty-three square leagues of 
land, covering the sites of the present cities of Sacramento and Mar\'s- 
ville, which was allowed ; but upon the clciim being carried to the 
Supreme Court of the United States the decision was reversed, and 
Gen. Sutter found himself despoiled of all his property. Afterwards 
he presented a claim to Congress for damages on account of the des- 
poilation of his land but it was never allowed. Coming East to look 
after his petition in Congress he came to Lititz in 1871, and being 

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pleased with its appearance, decided to take up his residence here. 
Having paid to the state of California $30,000 in taxes on the land 
of which he was despoiled, that state granted him a pension of two 
hundred and fifty dollars a month ; but his ideas of right and wrong 
were so strict that after ten years when he had returned to him the 
former sum, he refused to accept the latter any longer. He died in 
Washington D. C, June 18, 1880, aged seventy-seven years, leaving 
a host of friends in all parts of the country. 

Although not a Moravian the church was proud to give his body a 
resting place in its burial ground. Some fifty of his fellow pioneers 
came to his funeral, and among them was General John C. Fremont 
and H. F. Gibson, both of whom addressed the multitude of people 
gathered about the grave. While living here he occupied the resi- 
dence where Charles Kreider, the hardware merchant, now resides. 
He was a fine looking, courtly gentleman — genial, generous, openheart- 
ed — and because of his urbanity and hospitality, was esteemed and 
respected by the whole community. 

1 88 1 —September 9. The Lititz Express, formerly the Sunbeam, published 
by C. N. Derr and John G. Zook, made its first appearance. 
September 26. Union Memorial Services were held in the Moravian 
church, in memory of James A. Garfield. Marriott Brosius, Esq., was 
the eulogist. 

I 882 — Lititz and Rothsville turnpike company organized with a capital stock 
of $6,000. The pike to be eighteen feet wide and 8 1 00 feet long, 
extending from the Lititz Springs Hotel to the Lititz mills. 

I 883 — The Brethren's House renovated and a wing added for a Sunday 
School Chapel. The cornerstone was laid July 27 of this year, and 
dedicatory services were held January 4 of the year following. 
December 1 7. The water of the springs was analyzed in consequence 
of an epidemic of typhoid fever during the summer and fall. 

1 884 — The Moravian church leased a lot two hundred by thirty feet situated 
in the north-east corner of the spring grounds to the P. &. R. railroad 
company, for a period of ninety-nine years, for the erection of a pas- 
senger depot. This lease is to expire if used for any other purpose. 
The depot was opened to the public December 1 , 1 884. 

I 884 — May 2 1 . The Triennial Synod of the Northern Province of the 
Moravian Church met here. 

July 5. A terrific hailstorm accompanied by high winds created 
havoc ; trees were uprooted, houses unroofed and crops greatly dam- 
aged. 

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New Moravian Cemetery opened. 

A public meeting was held at the Springs Hotel to consider the 

feasibility of incorporating the town. 

February 12. A Young Womans Christian Temperance Union was 

organized. 
I September I 3. The cornerstone of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran 

Church was laid. The church was dedicated February 14, 1 886. 

The Mary Dixon Memorial Chapel was dedicated. 
1 886 — May 7. Stevens Post G. A. R. mustered in. 

June 1 6. John Beck Memorial Services were held here. An 
^ organization was formed by his former pupils to solicit funds for the 

erection of a life-size bronze statue of the famous educator. 

July 18. A Farmers' Lancaster County Fair Association was 
^ organized. This organization held a fair from October 3rd to the 

7th of this year near Huber's school house. 

August 13-14. The Centennial Anniversary of the consecration of 

the Moravian Church was celebrated. 
1887— March 3. Garfield Castle No. 76, K. G. E. was instituted. 

April 12. A meeting was held to organize a water company for 

street sprinkling and other purposes. 

April 1 2 . The German Baptists erected a house of worship on 

Willow Street. 

May 27. A Moravian Centennial Society was organized. 
1 888 — Cathedral glass windows placed in the Moravian Church. 

May 28. The most destructive hail storm of the century passed over 

Lititz. All northern exposed window panes were broken. Hail- 
stones were found measuring nine inches in circumference. Damages 

in the town were estimated at $2,000, while single farmers suffered 

losses to the extent of $600. 
•* April 24. Lltitz was mcorporated as a Borough. The first election 

held (May 26) resulted as follows : Burgess, Johnson Miller ; Counci- 

men, Aaron Habecker, William Evans, J. A. Buch, J. H. Shenk and 

D. E. Light ; Auditors, Robert N. Wolle, Jacob L. Slehman and 1. 

F. Bomberger ; Justice of the Peace, D. M. Dietrich ; Assessor, I. G. 

Pfautz ; Judge, A. H. Bomberger ; Inspectors, John Heiserman and 

Cuvier Grube. The first councilmanic meeting was held June 1 . At 

the next meeting John G. Zook was elected secretary and Israel G. 

Erb, treasurer. Allen A. Herr, of Lancaster, was employed to make 

the Borough survey, receiving $450 for his services. 

May 30. Lititz held memorial exercises for the first time. 

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September 28. The Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Company 
was organized. 

1 889 — An organization was formed to aid the sufferers of the Johnstown 
flood. 

July 25. Evangelical campmeeting was opened in Bollinger's (now 
Snavelys) grove south of town. 

1 890— February 6. A citizens meeting was held at which the conclusion 
was reached that an electric railroad should be built connecting Lititz 
with Lancaster. 

April 1 0. Fire destroyed the four story cigar factory on Juniper Alley, 
owned by J. H. Stauffer. Bomberger's warehouse, Buch's cigar 
factory, Zook's and Stump's barns and Bollinger's stable were also 
destroyed. 

I 89 1 — April 6. Stevens Post G. A. R. celebrated the twenty-fifth anni- 
versary of their organization, in the Moravian Sunday School chapel- 
Forty "fresh air " children from New York arrived and were enter- 
tained by citizens of Lititz and vicinity. 

September 19 The cornerstone of the United Brethren church was 
laid by Presiding Elder Mumma assisted by Rev. J. N. Boughter. 
October 10-17. A county fair was held in the spring grounds. 
December 25. The Warwick U. B. church was dedicated by Bishop ^ 
Kephart of Toledo, Iowa. 

1 892 — May 24. The Moravian church, Sunday School and Parsonage y 
illuminated with gas for the first time. 

July 1 1. Lititz Lodge No. 1050 1. O. O. F. was instituted. -' 

October 2 1 . Columbus Day, the four hundreth anniversary of the 
discovery of America was appropriately celebrated. 
November 1 3. The organ in the United Brethren church was dedi- 
cated. 

1893 — January 1 3. A White Shield society was organized with the object 
of the furtherance of social purity. 

April 28. The Trombone Choir received their new instruments from 
Paris. Among them were cornets designed here and made to order by 
a Parisian firm. 

Water and electric light were introduced in the Borough during this i 
year. ^ 

Nov. 27. The Lititz Y. M. C. A. was organized. 

I 894 — February 26. The Borough Council held their first meeting in the 
new council chamber on E. Orange Street. 

April 1 0. Two feet of snow fell the weight of which broke doyvn 
trees and roofs. 

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June 1 5. The Lititz and Lancaster turnpike was leased for 999 years 
y to the traction company who intend to connect Lancaster and Lititz by 
trolley. 

June 24-26. The Centennial Anniversary of the founding of Linden 
Hall Seminary. 

August 12. The one hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary of the 
founding of the renewed United Fratrum at Hernhut, and the one 
hundred and seventh anniversarv of the dedication of the Lititz Mo- 
ravian church celebrated. 

1895 — February 7-10. The town shut in by a great blizzard with intense 
cold weather, railroad and highway travel being completely blocked. 
April 30. The first car on the new Lititz trolley road left Lancaster 
*• at 8:00. Track completed as far as Kissel Hill. 
V May 1 5. The cars ran as far as the southern borough limit. 

September 22. The Lititz branch of the Keystone League of Chris- 
tian Endeavor celebrated their anniversary in the United Evangehca 
church. 

October I . The ''Roebuck Public Fountain" dedicated with appro- 
priate exercises. 

February 23. The Moravian Sunday School observed its fiftieth 
anniversary. 

I 896 — September 1 . The Lancaster County Fair, under the auspices of the 
Warwick Driving Association, began to-day. 

September 27. Trinity United Evangelical Church re-dedicated by 
Rev. B. J. Smoyer, assisted by the pastor Rev. A. M. Sampsel. 

1897 — July 18. Forty-eight "Fresh Air" children arrived from New York, 
and were entertained for two weeks by kind-hearted citizens of Lititz 
and vicinity. 
' November 30. The Y. M. C. A. moved to their present quarters 

, above Doster's store. 

1898 — September 7-15. The general synod of the Northern Province of 
the Moravian Church of North America convened in the Moravian 
Church. 

October 9. The Lititz branch of the W. C. T. U. celebrated the 
fourteenth anniversary of their organization and the biithday of Frances 
E. Willard. 

1 899 — July 2 1 . Street cars ran for the first time as far as the R. & C. rail- 
>1 road. 

September 10-1 L The Sesqui-Centennial of the founding of the 
"Warwick Country Congregation." 

November 25. Lititz Castle No. 19, A. O. K. of M. C. was 
instituted in the K. of P. Hall. 

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1900 — ^January 12. The chapel organ in the U. E. Church dedicated by 

Rev. J. S. Heisler. 

May 27. The two hundreth anniversary of the birth of Count Zm- 

zendorf celebrated in the Moravian Church and Sunday School. 

June 19. The First Convention of the Lancaster County Loyal 

Temperance Legion was held in the Springs. 

June 25. The Lancaster County Ministerial Convention was held in 

the Springs. 

July 1 6. Forty-five "Fresh Air" children from New York arrived. 

October 11. A County Sunday School Convention was held in the 

Moravian Sunday School chapel. 

December. Rudy's Hall opened by an entertainment for the benefit 

of the Lititz Hose Company. 
1901 — March 15. A Board of Trade was organized in the waiting roomot y 

the Park View Hotel, through the efforts of W. H. Muth and J. G, 

Zook. 

September 3. The Farmers' National Bank opened to the public ' 

September 2 1 . Market opened by Mr. H. H. Snavely on the first 

floor of Rudy's Hall. 

October 1 . The Post Office moved into the new Brobst building 

opposite the Springs Hotel. 

November 1 . Three mail routes are started from Lititz. 
1902 — -March 1. The fourth rural mail route started from Lititz. 

March 12. An Anti-Cigarette league was organized through the 

efforts of W. C. Enck. 

November 28-30. An Annual Y. M. C. A. convention of the 7th 

district was held at Lititz. 
1903 — June 23. A Building and Loan Association organized at a Board of 

Trade meeting. 

February 1 0. A Lancaster County Poultry and Pigeon Association 

organized. 

March 1 6. Rural route number five started from Lititz. 

December 30-January 2, 1904. The first annual exhibition of poultry 

etc., held by the Lancaster County Poultry and Pigeon Association 

in Rudy's Hall. 
1 904 — March 1 . The Knights of the Golden Eagle celebrated their eigh- / 

teenth anniversary. 

October 26. In commemoration of the dedication of the north wing 

of Linden Hall Seminary, October 26, 1804, services were held in 

the Mary Dixon Chapel. 

December 27. The Lancaster County Poultry and Pigeon Associa- 
tion held their second annual show in Rudy's Building. 
1905 — July 4. A great Firemen's Demonstration and Independence Day 

Celebration, twenty thousand people present. 

December. The Third annual show of the Lancaster County Poultry 

and Pigeon Association held in the Rudy building. 

December. Historical and Pictorial Lititz issued. 

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HE manufacture of bretzels in Litltz dates back to the year 1810. 
This product was first manufactured here by John William 
Rauch, a baker and confectioner, who was born in Lilitz m 
1 790. Before this time bretzels made at Rothsville were ped- 
dled from a basket through town by a m^ on horseback from 
that place, nicknamed "Dutch Charlie." Henry Rauch, a son 
of John William, manufactured bretzels at the bakery now occu" 
pied by W. H. Bollinger. 

The man who popularized the business and the bretzel was Julius F. Sturgis- 
He learned the trade at Henry Rauch's bakery, and suggesting methods of 
improvement which Mr. Rauch did not see fit to use, Mr. Sturgis in 1861, 
interested Jacob Kramer who furnished some capital and began to manufacture 
bretzels himself in an oven located at what is now the residence of Mr. D. B. 
Becker. His product proved so popular that he soon enjoyed a monopoly of 
the business, which he carried on until his death in 1 897, with the exception of 
a brief period when it was managed by Edwin, Walter and Nathaniel Sturgis, 
and from 1885 to 1890 when it was conducted by Thomas H. Keller. In 
1 876 Mr. Sturgis had the brand "The Only Genuine Lititz Bretzels" registered. 
After his death the business was conducted by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Sturgis, 
until 1 904 when she sold out to her son Nathan D. Sturgis. In 1 905 F. B. 
Buch bought an interest m the concern which is now known as Sturgis & Co. 
The firm made extensive improvements in buildings and equipment. 

Thomas H. Keller, after 1 890, carried on the manufacture of bretzels 
at a bakery near Front Street for some years, selling out to P. B. Bucher who 
formed a partnership with the late Samul B. Erb. This firm built the bakery 
located along the Lititz Spring Grounds in 1903. In 1904 it was purchased 
by James J. Huebener, who is conducting a growing business. 

The late John K. Huber, formerly proprietor of the Rome Roller Mills, 
also manufactured bretzels for a few years. At the present time bretzels are 
also manufactured by William Kissinger and David Habecker, the latter at 
Kissel Hill. 

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First Gemeinhaus in Litltz. From a photograph in the Archives of the Moravian Church 




lilt/ Springs in 1845. After a painting by J. Augustus Berk, in the Airhives 
of the Moravian Chun h 



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3m Olompantfs at tl|? Past 




N April 1 790, at the instance of the church authorities, a subscrip- 
tion paper was circulated in which the necessity of having a fire 
engine was stated, and donations were solicited. The cost of 
an engine was estimated at from seventy to eighty pounds. The 
appeal evidently had its effect for an account says that an 
engine was to be ordered from Brother Wahlin Neweid, Ger- 
many, a famous maker. The engine was made however by 
Brother Schmuz, of the same place. It was finished in August 1 792, at a 
cost of three hundred and fifty florins. The hose cost seventy-five florins, and 
packed in the same box with the hose was a weoc-cloth bag containing a half 
dozen silk handkerchiefs which cost sixteen florins. The engine was shipped 
"by the grace of God," as the bill of lading reads, in September, reached New 
York in Januaay 1 793, Philadelphia in February, the whole freight amount- 
to 10£ 9s. 9 l-2d. h needed extensive repairs in 1 795. This engine saw 
service for many years and is still in existence. 

The Assistance Fire Company was organized about 1838, at which time 
a large fire occured consuming several buildings and endangering the whole 
village. This calamity made apparent the necessity of such an organization. 
At this time there were two engines in the town, the one called the "Assist- 
ance" (the one referred to above) which had been rebuilt by Martin Schreiner 
of Lancaster, and the other called the "Friendship" which had been built by 
Messrs Agnew and Merrick of Philadelphia. The "Friendship" was kept in 
the upper part of town and the "Assistance" in the lower, in buildings espe- 
cially built for this purpose. The first officers of the company were Samuel 
Lichtenthaler, president ; Rufus A. Greider, secretary ; Levi Hufl and 
Francis W. Christ, vice presidents ; Frederick A. Zitzman, treasurer ; and 
Aaron Traeger and William Keller, engineers. The Assistance Fire Com- 
pany originally had sixty-one members. 

For some time previous to 1855 there was no organized fire company 
but the lack of sufficient protection in case of fire resulted in the organization 
of the Friendship Fire Company in that year. The company used the same 
engines that had been used by the Assistance. Their company in 1855 held 

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a fourth of July picnic in the Springs serving a supper for which they charged 
twenty-five cents. Elaborate preparations had been made, but the patronage 
not being up to expectations— the receipts amounted to only twenty-eight 
dollars — the members of the company with their lady friends as guests feasted 
on the good things left over, the following day (Saturday). The company 
numbered about sixty men and disbanded upon the outbreak of the Civil War. 
Four members are living in Lititz, Samuel Seaber, James O. Sturgis, Henry 
Seaber and Joseph Buch, 

The present organization, officially known as the Lititz Fire Company 
No. I, was organized February 15, 1894. After the disbanding of the 
Friendship Fire Company the town had no adequate protection the necessity 
of which prompted the Fire Committee of Town Council to call a meeting of 
the citizens to take some action regarding the formation of a company. After 
several subsequent meetings the Lititz Fire Company No. 1 came into existence, 
organizing as follows : president. Dr. J. L. Hertz ; vice presidents, William M. 
Amer and Elmer E. Ritchie ; secretary, Henry R. Gibbel ; financial secretary, 
A. R. Bomberger ; treasurer, T. R. Kreider ; trustees, Herman Fisher, W. 
S. Diehm and H. K. Gonter. The Council procured a hose carriage from 
Bethlehem for the use of the new company which proved so unwieldy that 
permission was granted to exchange tt for a hose cart which was manufactured 
by Mr. A. C. Pfautz. Another cart was purchased at Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
so that now the company is provided with two hose carts and one thousand 
feet of three inch hose, the gift of the town council. Through the efforts of the 
company the town has been equipped with the Stevens electric fire alarm 
system, one of the few towns of its size so supplied. There are eight alarm 
boxes — Stevens and Gamewell — in as many different parts of the town. The 
hose house, which is also used as a council chamber, is provided with an eight 
hundred pound alarm bell. The members of the company are outfitted in neat 
uniforms and have been under the direction of a drillmaster at different times. 
In a firemen's parade at Columbia during 1 904 the company, accompanied by 
the Lititz Mititary Band and the Lititz Drum Corps, held the right of line. 
They also paraded at Manheim. 

A Firemen's Demonstration was held here on the fourth of July 1 905 
celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the celebration of Independence Day, in 
the Lititz Springs Park, and the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the 
Friendship Fire Company, the four living members of which took part in the 
demonstration. Visiting companies were present from Pottstown, Columbia, 
Allentown, Reading, Manheim, Marietta, Wrightsville, Danielsville and Leb- 
anon. The affair was attended by almost twenty thousand people. 

The almost perfect equipment of the company and the efficacious services 
that they have rendered at various times can make the town fee! safe that any 
conflagration that may occur can be successfully coped with, as well as proud, 
that such an efficient organization exists in its limits. The present officers are: 
president. Dr. J. L. Hertz ; vice presidents, J. B. Young and John B.. Leib; 
recording secretary, Ira Nies ; financial secretary, Wm. S. Diehm ; treasurer, 
John B. Leib ; trustees, Jacob B. Young, John B. Leib and Emanuel Hall. 

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WING to the excellent school facilities derived through Linden 
Hall Seminary and Beck's "School for Boys" the Common 
School system was not adopted until 1852, at which time Lititz 
was organized as an independent district. This district included 
a part of Warwick Township, and in 1 889 when Lititz was 
incorporated as a borough, the independent district was abolished, 
the part outside the borough limits being then annexed to the 
township. Prior to 1 866 there was only a primary school, the more advanced 
pupils being sent, the girls, to Linden Hall, and the boys to the Lititz Academy, 
their tui ion beirg paid by the district. This primary school was opened 
January 5, 1853, two years later but thirty-two pupils were in attendance, and 
in 1861 the attendance was only fifty-two. In 1870 a new school house, 
the high school building, was erected for advanced pupils at a cost of $8,500. 
The attendance in both buildings in 1871 was eighty-two; in 1882 two, 
hundred and twenty; the present attendance (1905) is about three hundred 
and fifty. The primary building which originally consisted of two rooms, 
one above the other, was enlarged by the addition of two more rooms 
in I 889. The Smead Wells & Co.'s system of heating and ventilating was 
installed at the same time. This work not being finished at the opening of the 
'89-'90 session, the primary pupils were instructed in the lower part of the 
building known as the Malt House on West Main Street, now used as a 
cigar factory and tobacco warehouse. In 1903 the High School building 
was greatly remodeled and equipped with the Smead Wells & Co.'s system of 
heating and ventilatmg at a cost of $7,500. 

The teachers at present are as follows: Principal, G. Herman Goetz, ; 
Asst. Principal, Miss Mary Stoner ; Grammar, Miss Barbara Mylin ; B Gram- 
mar, Miss Maud Hostetter ; Intermediate, James B. Haag ; Secondary, Miss 
Alice Stormfeltz ; Fourth Primary, Miss Laura Buch ; Third Primary, Miss 
Charlotte Duchman ; Second Primary, Miss E. Carrie Tshudy ; First Primary, 
Miss Mary Tshudy. The present School Directors are : Daniel B. Becker, 
who is president of the board ; J. W. G. Hershey, secretary ; Harry Meiskey 
treasurer; Walter H. Buch, Justus Stoner and John Fasnacht. 

After the retirement in 1 865 of Prof. John Beck, Ferdinand D. Rickert 
and George W. Hepp conducted the Lititz Academy. Both of these gentle- 
men had been teaching in Mr. Beck's school for years. Rickert & Hepp, 
owing to the health of the former, dissolved partnership in 1883. Mr. Hepp 
conducted the school for several years thereafter at his residence. The school 
was attended by a limited number of boardmg and day scholars. In 1 862 
Julius Theodore Beckler organized Sunnyside College, a school for girls which 
was continued until 1878. Mr. A. R. Beck, son of John Beck established 
Beck's School for Boys in 1865, at Audubun Villa. This school was dis- 
continued in 1 895. 

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iuliuHtml l^tBtnry nf ICttilz 

By ISRAEL G. ERB 

ROM the very earliest times Lititz has been noted as a center of 
industry as well as of frugality and piety, until at the present time 
it is one of the busiest and most prosperous towns m the state of 
Pennsylvania, and probably in the United States. 

Excepting the industries connected with the Moravian Con- 
gregation, Lititz first became important (industrially speaking), in 
1 765 when David Tannenberg began the manufacture of organs 
and pianos, the organs particularly, being noted for their sweetness of tone and 
excellent workmanship, specimens of which may yet be found in Philadelphia, 
Baltimore, Lancaster, Bethlehem, Madison, Va., and Salem, N. C. One of 
his pianos (according to an old record) was sold for £22 1 Os. 

Another important industry that did much to make the town famous was 
the manufacture of chip hats and bonnets. This business was conducted by 
Matthias Tshudy early in the nineteenth century, and flourished until the palm 
leaf and straw hats became fashion's favorites. Mr. Tshudy was the only 
person in the country who understood the art of manufacturing such hats, and 
supplied the entire country with them, some going as far south as New 
Orleans, a distance in those days that was a much greater obstacle to 
successful trade than in the present age of steam and electncty. 

That the early settlement had inventive genius is shown by the invention 
or the screw point on augers by John Henry Ranch, auger-maker, black- 
smith and spurrier. Judge Henry sent the pattern to England after which 
the screw point came into general use. 

Another inventor of those days was Godfrey Albright who made the 
first plan of a ten-plate stove. Mr. Albright gave his pattern to Robert Cole- 
man who introduced them. 

Of all industries that have made the name of Lititz familiar in almost all 
corners of the earth, the manufacture of bretzels was (and is) the most im- 
portant. William Ranch began the manufacture of these toothsome dainties 
about 1810, was succeeded by his son who continued their manufacture until 
1 865, when Julius Sturgis began the manufacture of his famous " Only Genuine 
Lititz Bretzels," greatly improving the bretzel as well as the method of making 
them. 

The malting of grain became a leading industry about 1 824 when a malt 
house was built on the present site of Dr. P. J. Roebuck's residence, by 

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Michael Greider. This building having been destroyed by fire in 1856 a 
brick building was erected on West Main Street for malting purposes and con- 
tinued to be used as such until 1878. John Kreiter also carried on this 
business starting about 1833, when permission was granted him by the 
church authorities to build a brewery and malt house, in the hope that the use 
of malt liquors would replace spirituous liquors which were then the chief 
beverage. He erected a building south of the Spring Grounds which was also 
destroyed by fire ( 1 865). It was immediately rebuilt and even today is known 
as the "old brewery." Among the different people engaged in this business 
besides those men mentioned above were Jacob Tshudy, R. R. Tshudy, 
Christian Kreiter, T. M. Rauch, John Hamm and Michael Muecke. 

A tannery was conducted by Jacob Geitner for many years in the build- 
ing in, which Mr. Milton Bender now conducts a butcher shop. Bark 
becoming very scarce in this neighborhood Clement Geitner, his son and 
successor, in November 1 882 moved to Hickory, N. C. 

Jacob Tshudy was the pioneer store-keeper who started in business with 
his own stock of goods in 1828. The church conducted the only other 
store until 1843, when it was sold to Nathaniel S. Wolle and is continued at 
the present by his son, Robert N. Wolle. 

All the other industries common to an inland town in an agricultural 
community were carried on, competition in some lines being very strong. 

With the abolishment of the "lease system" in 1855 the town 
broadened until in 1867 its business men felt the need of a banking institution 
which was supplied by the organization of the Lititz Deposit Bank, with John 
Evans, William Evans, Emanuel Kauffman, Samuel E. Keller, R. R. Tshudy 
and M. T. Huebener, as directors. This bank was reorganized under the 
present banking laws in 1 880 and called the Lititz National Bank. This 
institution has had a career since its inception that is highly gratifying, and 
through seasons of panics and commercial depression the management has 
been at once safe, conservative and enterprising. It has a paid-in capital stock 
of $105,000. Israel G. Erb is president ; Henry R. Erb, vice president ; T. 
R. Kreider, cashier ; J. W. G. Hershey, assistant cashier, and John M. 
Pfautz, teller. Directors : Israel G. Erb, Henry R. Erb, A. W. Shober, 
Adam B. Long, A. R. Bomberger, M. S. Hess, Dr. J. H. Shenk, and H. 
Reist Landis. 

Of the important unincorporated business activities of the town the 
tobacco business was, and has continued to be, by far the most important, there 
being as early as 1883 thirteen firms extensively engaged in manufacturing 
cigars and packing tobacco. This industry, while its importance has been 
overshadowed somewhat by the larger industrial concerns of today, supports 
as many, if not more, people than these larger concerns. 

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The first incorporated industrial concern was the Lititz Plow Company 
(Limited) which started in business about 1 880 in the Lititz Grain Elevator 
of which E. E. Eby is the present proprietor. This venture was unsuccessful, 
and if its failure had a deterring influence or not, it is nevertheless a fact, that 
for a period of eighteen years, from I 880 to I 898 the business activities of the 
town were confined principally to the ordinary everyday routine of local buying 
and selhng. 

It was during this period of inactivity that several enterprises were begun 
which, though discontinued after a short time, were nevertheless indicative of 
an industrial awakening. In 1 89 1 The Lititz Bed Spring Company began 
the manufacture of bed springs in A. C. Pfautz's blacksmith shop, con- 
tinuing to do so for about four years. During the spring of 1 905 W. M. 
Amer and Emanuel G. Witters began the manufacture of shirts in a two- 
story building on Center Street, which was also discontinued after three or 
four years. 

But it was not until a few years later, 1 898, with the establishment 
of the Keystone Underwear Mills that the town awoke from its seeming lethargy. 
The Keystone Underwear Mills were organiged, 1 898, by Samuel B. Erb, 
Adam B. Long and Israel G, Erb. In 1905 the firm was incorporated and 
is now known as the Keystone Underwear Company. Equipped with modern 
facilities and fitted with all necessary auxiliary machinery, this company is 
shipping their product — men's ribbed underwear — to all parts of the United 
States and Europe. The company is capitalized at $80,000 and has a daily 
capacity of 400 dozen pairs. The present directors are Israel G. Erb, Adam 
B. Long, G. Graybill Diehm, Henry H. Snavely aud John L. Wentworth. 
The Kauffman Knitting Mills also began the manufacture of underwear shortly 
after the organization of the Keystone Mills. 

A short time previous to the organization of the knitting mills, Garber, 
Reist & Nissley established a creamery on North Alley. This concern 
operates a number of creameries and branches. The celebrated "E. D.' 
print butter which they manufacture is one of the best known brands of fancy 
table butter that is sold in the Quaker City markets. The individual members 
of the company are E. L. Garber, J. G. Reist, E. G. Reist and C. L. Nissley, 
all thorough business men and regarded as four of the most substantial men in 
northern Lancaster county. 

Another widely advertised product that has helped in no small degree to 
familiarize the name of Lititz is the W. C. E. Cough Drop. These cough 
drops are on the market since 1893 when W. C. Enck began their manufac- 
ture on a small scale. In 1 899 Mr. Enck associating with J. R. Cibbel, they 
were manufactured for some years under the firm name of W. C. Enck & Co. 

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Mr. Enck having withdrawn from the firm, continues to manufacture them 
himself. The merit of W. C. E. Cough Drops has so increased the demand 
for them that the sales last year amounted to forty tons. After dissolving part- 
nership with W. C. Enck, J. R. Gibbel started the manufacture of all kinds of 
candy. This business has greatly increased duriug the past few years. 

Two important internal improvements came almost simultaneously, water 
facilities and electric light, the one in the beginning and the other during the 
close of the year. The Lititz Water Company was organized January 1893, 
succeeding a siniilar concern which, however, only furnished water for street 
sprinkling purposes. A large standpipe 1 00 feet high by 20 feet in diameter 
was erected west of the park, which is filled with fine well water by means 
of an engine. A. R. Bomberger, D. E. Light, A. B. Long, J. C. Brobst, D. 
R. Buch, S. W. Buch, T. R. Kreider, W. M. Amer and J. H. Bomberger 
are the present directors. [At an election, 1 904, council was authorized to 
purchase this company's plant. — Ed.] The Electric Light, Heat and Power 
Company was organized during the fall of 1893. its present directors are; 
J. F. Buch, A. R. Bomberger, W. M. Amer and A. B. Long. 

In the year 1 899 the Lititz Condensed Milk Company began operations 
continuing until the latter part of the year when they consolidated with the 
Excelsior Confectionery Company of Reading, taking the firm name of the 
Kendig Manufacturing Company. This new firm began the manufacture of 
cocoa and chocolate on a small scale. The concern grew and prospered until 
their facilities were entirely inadequate. At this juncture local capitalists became 
interested and a working capital of $25,000 was subscribed, which was sub- 
sequently raised to $100,000 and later to $150,000. The Kendig 
Manufacturing Company was reorganized and thereafter known as the Ideal 
Cocoa and Chocolate Company. A large three-storied brick building was 
erected and equipped with every modern facility and convenience known to 
the industry. Ideal cocoa and chocolate is called by experts the finest 
preparation on ,the market. The demand for these products is so great that 
the present building has to be greatly enlarged in the very near future. J. W. 
G. Hershey, W. H. Muth, S. B. Buch, E. L. Garber, J. F. Buch, W. M. 
Amer, N. B. Leaman, D. E. Light, S. K. Snavely, J. G. Usner, H. S. 
Meiskey, all of Lititz ; Dr. Gloninger, of Lebanon, and Enos Hess, of Rose- 
ville, are the present directors. The present capital is $200,000 

A few weeks previous to the reorganization of the above company a 
Board of Trade was organized through the efforts of John G. Zook and W. 
H. Muth who evolved the idea from a private conversation. 

The first fruit of the new organization was the capitalizatlou of the Ideal 
Cocoa & Chocolate Company at $25,000. Through the efforts of the Board 

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the J. M. Mast Manufacturing Company was organized with a working capital 
of $15,000; a three-story brick building was subsequently erected and 
equipped with the most improved machinery and appliances for the manufac- 
ture of animal traps, patent fishing floats and vegetable graters which found a 
ready market in all parts of the world. During the present year, 1905, this 
industry was incorporated with the Animal Trap Company of Abingdon, 111., 
and capitalized at $150,000. A building having a floor space of 45,000 
spuare feet is in process of erection and will be equipped with all the necessary 
machinery for the manufacture of traps of all descriptions. This corporation is 
the largest concern of its kind in the world. The directors are as follows : D. 
B. Becker, C. B. Risser, J. C. Brubaker, N. K. Brubaker, A. R. Bomberger, 
N. B. Leaman, A. B. Long, J. M. Mast and W. H. Muth. 

The necessity for increased banking facilities led to the establishment of 
the Farmers National Bank in 1901, with a capitalization of $60,000, and by 
a sound and conservative management has won for itself a foremost position in 
the banking world. Dr. P. J. Roebuck is president , E. L. Garber, vice 
president ; H. H. Gingrich, cashier, and H. R. Gibbel, assistant cashier. In 
addition to Dr. Roebuck and Mr. Garber the following are directors : C. H. 
Bomberger, H. S. Meiskey, William M. Amer, N. B. Leaman, S. W. Buch, 
J. G. Usner, J. F. Buch and Hiram Buckwalter. 

In 1902 The Wellington Manufacturing Company, with a capital of 
$125,000 located here for the purpose of manufacturing corn starch, lump 
starch and powdered starch for all purposes. A large three-storied brick 
building was erected, the ground for the purpose beieg donated by 
public-spirited citizens, and thoroughly equipped, which coupled with the 
management of an experienced starch manufacturer made possible a product 
that for general excellence cannot be equalled. This plant was considerably 
enlarged in 1 904 by the addition of a large wing to the main building almost 
doubling the floor space, a feed house and a 24,000 bushel elevator. The 
company was reorganized about the same time and capitahzed at $2,500,000, 
the name of the company being changed to the Wellington Starch Company, 
with a branch factory in Decatur, Illinois, in process of erection, which when 
finished, will, with the local factory have a capacity of 200,000 pounds of 
starch and I 00,000 pounds of by-products. Shipments are made to all parts 
of the United States, Canada and Europe. Thomas W. Barnes is president 
and general manager. The other officers and directors are : Wm. M. Amer, 
vice president; A. R. Bomberger, secretary; Israel G. Erb, treasurer; J. H. 
Bomberger, superintendent; Adam B. Long, T. R. Kreider, G.^ Graybil! 
Diehm, and H. W. Davis. Hon. W. U. Hensel is the company's counsel 
and the Northern Trust Company of Lancaster, registrars. 

The Lititz Manufacturing Company began the manufacture of tailor made 
suits about this time. Calvin S. Loeffler and Harvey Esbenshade constituted 
the concern. This industry continued until the destruction by fire of the plant 
October 2 I 1902. 

The Lititz Shoe Company was organized February 1 904, with a capital 
of $ 1 0,000. The building formerly used by the Kendig Manufacturing Com- 

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pany was procured and equipped with the latest improved machinery for the 
manufacture of ladies' and children's Goodyear welt shoes. The daily capacity 
is 500 pairs. The board of directors consists of N. B. Leaman, E. H. Risser, 
J. C. Blood. B. B. Leaman and A. N. Wolf. 

During the fall of the same year the Eby Shoe Company was organized. 
The planing mill formerly occupied by Seaber & Grube waseitirely remodeled 
and furnished with the most modern machinery for the manufacture of 
childrens's shoes. The plant has a capacity of 1 ,000 pairs daily. Under the 
management of Harry and Frank Eby who compose the company this industry 
has assumed a leading position. 

The Lititz Planning Mill began orperations in 1904 and though one of 
our younger industries, Neidermyer Bros., the proprietors, are making a success 
of their work, as creditable to themselves as to the borough. 

Among the later industries of the town is the Lititz Steam Laundry, 
established in 1905. This laundry, largest and best equipped of any Jn rural 
Pennsylvania, has proven itself one of the town's most appreciated industries. 

The Lititz Lithographing Company, successors to the Hertgen Litho- 
graphing Company of Lancaster, located here during the summer of 1905. 
A commodious three-story structure thoroughly outfitted with all essential 
machtnery, gives ample facilities for doing the work in which the company is 
engaged, lithographing, binding, printimg and the manufacture of paper boxes. 
The company is capitalized at $50,000. Dr. J. C. Brobst is president; P. 

B. Bucher, vice-president ; W. M. Keissling, secretary ; H. Reist Landis, 
treasurer, and J. E. Hertgen, general manager. 

On the first of August, 1905, the Lititz Dairy Company began the 
manufacture of butter in a building erected near Water Street for this purpose. 
The company is composed of farmers of the vicinity who are thoroughly alive 
to the farmer's needs and interests. The facilities of the concern are second 
to no buttermakers in the state. The officers and directors of the company are: 
president, N. K. Buch ; vice president, S. S. Hess ; secretary, John M. Pfautz; 
treasurer and general manager, N. K. Brubaker. The other directors : H. R. 
Erb, H. H. Bomberger and G. G. Minnich. 

The latast industry. Consumers' Box Board and Paper Company, began 
operations the latter part of 1905. A plant, modern in every respect, 
was erected during the preceding summer. This concern manufactures all 
grades of paper from the ordinary manilla to the finest kinds of papeteries. 
Dr. P. J. Roebuck is president ; E. E. Weaver, vice president and general 
manager ; G. A. Hoffman, superintendent ; L). E. Bruner, secretary ; J. F. 
Stoner, asst. secretary; H. H. Gingrich, treasurer ; The other directors are H. 

C. Seldomridge, A. R. Lane and C. B. Risser. The company has a capital 

of $150,000. 

Thus has the town grown industrially and as it has increased in its 
business activities it, including Warwick, has increased in population. The 
building of dwellings has kept pace with the building of factories. Today 
Lititz and Warwick have a population of about 2800, an increase since I 900 
of 1 000 souls. Truly, taken all in all, Lititz is one of the most beautiful, 
healthy and prosperous towns in these broad United States. 

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